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PORTLAND, ME.: 
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878 by 

NATHANIEL G. CUMMINGS, 

For the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of Maine, I. 0. 0. F. 

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



PREFACE 



More than half a century has passed away since Odd Fellowship was 
planted upon American soil. The seed sown in Baltimore, in 1819, has 
sprung up and brought forth fruit so abundant that its growth seems 
almost a miracle, and not caused by the handiwork of human beings. 
But what has become of the sowers? Of those who watched the grain 
and prevented the sowing of tares? And what were the methods and 
means used to keep out the enemy and obtain such full, ripe and clean 
fruit? 

The G-rand Lodge of the United States, recognizing the fact that time 
with its ever destroying sickle was bringing to the earth the founders, and 
protectors of Odd Fellowship, a few years ago began an almost endless 
work, the writing of the annals of our noble Order. 

From the manifest interest by that body in this subject, there arose in 
this State a similar feeling, that there should be some lasting memorial of 
the rise and progress of Odd Fellowship in this State. It was originally 
proposed to simply have a "History of Odd Fellowship in Maine." 
There was afterwards appointed by the Grand Lodge of Maine a Com- 
"mittee to prepare a digest of the decisions made by the Grand Masters of 
this State upon the several points of law, which were brought before them 
for decision. 

The Grand Lodge of Maine, in 1848, published its proceedings, the 
sessions from 1843 to 1848 inclusive, in book form and thereby incurred a 
debt from which with great difficulty they recovered. To publish the 
entire proceedings of the sessions from 1849 to 1876 inclusive, was looked 
upon as entailing upon the Grand Lodge a debt which would cause them 
as much trouble as did the debt from publishing the other volume. 



iv PREFACE. 

By the action of the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment, the brother 
designated to write the "History of Odd Fellowship in Maine," was also 
placed upon the Committee to prepare the "Digest of Decisions," and by 
this action the manuscript for this book was prepared, submitted to the 
Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment for their approval, adopted and 
ordered printed. 

The book has been prepared with a view to meet the demand made at 
this time, a demand which increases more and more each year. In this 
book will be found answers to nearly every question which affects Odd 
Fellowship in Maine. As a history, it gives an account of the several 
Lodges and Encampments which have existed within the State up to this 
time ; as a compendium of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge and Grand 
Encampment of Maine, and of their officers, it is hoped that it will be 
found to be accurate and sufficient ; and as a Digest it will contain all the 
laws enacted by the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment. 

Prosecuted under the pressure of peculiar perplexities, and treating of 
subjects of peculiar difficulties, it is not to be fancied that the work is not 
without its defects. Doubtless, here and there, will be sought a minute 
elucidation of some specific point of law, with reference to which, some 
brother has been in doubt and expects to find it here fully discussed. It 
will however, occur to such readers, that the only way to obtain such 
information would be to print the remarks of those who were the means 
of having the law adopted, and to here record such remarks would be im- 
possible. 

Such as the work is, it is offered to the Odd Fellows of Maine in the 
belief that it is calculated to render important service to those for whose 
benefit, and in sympathy with those whose labors to find the truth, and 
their perplexities in so doing, it has been written. 

Portland, October, 1877, 



HISTORY 

OF 

ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE, 



SUBORDINATE LODGES, 



Maine Lodge, No. I. 

The petition for this, the first Lodge in the State, was signed by 
David Robinson, Jr., James N. Winslow, Alvin P. Pratt, Edward 
Wheeler, Jr.., and Samuel E. Townsend. Brother Robinson had 
been for some time a member of Siloam Lodge, No. 2, in Boston, 
the others joined Suffolk Lodge, No. 8, of Boston, for the purpose 
of being qualified to petition for a new Lodge. Upon obtaining 
their withdrawal, cards, they joined in a petition for a Lodge in 
Portland. In answer to the petition, a dispensation was issued by 
the M. W. Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
on the 9th of August, 1843. The deputation for opening the 
Lodge was intrusted to Daniel Hersey, D. D. Grand Sire, who 
called a meeting of the petitioners at the hall, over the Canal Bank, 
Union street, on the 25th of the same month. At the time ap- 
pointed there were present, D. D. Grand Sire, Hersey, Albert 
Guild, P. G., Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
brothers J. R. Mullen, B. Brown, T. C. Savory, L. M. Smith, and 
Haskell, all of Boston. The petitioners all being present, 

" Maine Lodge, No. 1," was duly instituted and so declared. 



6 HISTORY OF 

The Lodge then proceeded to election of officers, with the fol- 
lowing result : 

David Robinson, Jr., N. G. 
James N. Winslow, V. G. 
Edward Wheeler, Jr., Secretary. 
Alvin P. Pratt, Treasurer. 

The five degrees were then conferred upon the officers elect and 
upon brother Townsend. Applications for membership from forty, 
four persons were then received. The applicants were severally 
balloted for and elected. 

Adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, P. M. 
Met pursuant to adjournment, thirty-five of the number who had 
been elected, were initiated. 
Adjourned to 8 o'clock, P. M. 



8 o'clock, P. M. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The officers elect were installed into their respective chairs by 
D. D. Grand Sire, Hersey. 

The following subordinate officers were appointed : 

II. C. Barnes, Warden, John D. Kinsman, Conductor, J. H. 

Williams, R. S. N. G., J. T. Mitchell, L. S. N. G., Samuel 

Rolfe, R. S. V. G., A. P. Fuller, L. S. V. G., W. E. Edwards, R. 

S. S., J. W. Mansfield, L. S. S., S. E. Townsend, I. G., Wm. E. 

Kimball, 0. G. 

A special meeting was held Aug. 26th, but no business was 
transacted. 

At a special meeting held Aug. 28th, a committee consisting of 
brothers J. H. Williams, F. C. Moody, and W. H. Foye, were ap- 
pointed to report a Constitution and by-laws. 

The N. G. and V. G. were appointed a committee on regalia. 

A special meeting was held Tuesday, Aug. 29th, at which time 
the committee on that subject reported a Constitution and by- 
laws. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 7 

The Constitution was adopted. The by-laws were laid on the 
table. 

Rev. James Pratt, was unanimously elected Chaplain. 

At a special meeting Aug. 30th, the by-laws were adopted, 
and ordered to be printed, and brothers Kinsman, Foye and 
Wheeler, were appointed a committee on printing and seal. 

The by-laws, provided, that no person could be initiated under 
twenty-one years of age, except a son of an Odd Fellow, who 
might be admitted at twenty. 

Any one initiated into the Order was required to pay $ 5 ; de- 
grees, $3 each ; for deposit of card, $3 ; and one dollar for each 
degree taken, if the degree had not been taken in this Lodge. 
Every one that had been a member one month was deemed a bona 
fide member. 

The benefits to bona fide members who had taken the scarlet de- 
gree were five dollars per week. Those who were not in posses- 
sion of the scarlet degree were paid three dollars per week, com- 
mencing not more than one week anterior to the time of being re- 
ported to the Lodge. 

Funeral benefits, for members, thirty dollars ; for wives of mem- 
bers, fifteen dollars. The assessments were, for the general fund, 
fifty cents per quarter, and for the widow and orphan's fund, twelve 
and a half cents. When a funeral benefit was paid, or the Lodge 
made liable therefor, each member, if deemed necessary by the 
Lodge, was assessed to refund the amount. 

No smoking or refreshments, otherwise than water, were allowed 
in the Lodge room, or any other apartment thereunto belonging. 

One great mistake that was made at this time, was in agreeing 
to pay so high a rate of benefits on so small assessments. 

It soon became evident that the very life of the institution de- 
manded a radical change. In consequence of which, the numerical 
strength of the Order became very materially reduced. 

At a regular meeting, held Sept. 11, brother David Robinson, 
Jr., N. G., was reported sick, and brothers Banks, Rolfe, Mitchell 



8 HISTORY OF 

and Barnes, were appointed a committee, to visit him. This was 
the first visiting committee appointed. 

The first Degree meeting was held Sept. 30th. 

At a regular meeting, held Oct. 2d, brothers E. P. Banks, 
Thomas 0. Goold, Andrew P. Osborne, George W. Dam, and 
Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., asked for and obtained withdrawal cards 
for the purpose of forming a new Lodge, (Ancient Brothers, No. 4.) 

November 6th, brothers Rufus Bead, Wm. E. Edwards, C. W. 
Thomas, E. S. Stevens, Edward P. Gerrish, T. C. Hersey, J. T. 
Mitchell, E. C. Moody, J. W. Mansfield, Alexander Foss, H. W. 
Hersey, J. J. Brown, David J. True, A. L. Ilsley, 0. P. Thorpe 
and John D. Kinsman, asked for and obtained withdrawal cards. 
This was for the purpose of forming Ligonia Lodge, No. 5. 

Nov. 5th, a committee was appointed to invite Rev. James Pratt, 
to deliver a public lecture upon the principles of the Order. The 
invitation was accepted ; brother Pratt delivered a very interesting 
lecture in the Federal Street Baptist Church, on Friday evening, 
Nov. 16th, 1843. 

Jan. 22d, 1844, Past Grands, David Robinson, Jr., and J. N. 
Winslow, were elected delegates to meet in convention with dele- 
gates from the other Lodges in the State to form a Grand Lodge. 

This Lodge initiated the first year, . . 472 

Whole number initiated . 1222 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . 1105 

" widowed families, . . .87 

" " brothers buried, , . . 130 

Total relief, $53,486.54 

Number of members, Dec. 31. 1876, . . 570 

Invested Fund, " " . . $20,038.43 



Saco Lodge, No. 2. 

Saco Lodge, No. 2, was instituted at Saco, August 31st, 1843, 
by George W. Churchill, who had been specially commissioned for 
the purpose. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 9 

Grand Sire Kennedy in his report to the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, in 1843, alludes to brother Churchill, as P. D. 
G. M. He probably at some previous time, held the position of 
Deputy Grand Master, in New York. 

The petitioners for the Lodge were Orville Huntress, Willard A. 
Harrington, Henry Colman, Jr., Joseph H. Greene, and Thomas 
Prince, all of Massachusetts. 

There were also present, brothers Charles S. Burgess, of Boston, 
and George W. Churchill, of Saco ; brother Churchill was a mem- 
ber of Trojan Lodge, No. 27, Troy, N. Y. 

After the institution of the Lodge, officers were elected and in- 
stalled as follows : 

Geo. A. Warren, N. G., James Smith, Jr., V. G., Stephen 
Webster, Sec'y, Jere. Mason, Treasurer. 

The appointed officers were, Samuel Hedden, W., Tristram 
Scammon, C, Wm. Batchelder, R. S. N. G., John W. Smith, L. 
S. N. G. 

The Lodge was organized in a hall over Twombley & Smith's 
store, and continued to meet there until August, 1845. Since 
that time the meetings have been held in the 3d story of Deering's 
brick block on North side of Main street. 

Whole number initiated, j 494 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 265 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 19 

Number of brothers buried, . . . ~ ; 37 

Total relief, .... $5,952.95 

Number members, Dec. 31, 1876, . 225 

Invested fund, " " . . $4,223.20 



Georgian Lodge, No. 3. 

Georgian Lodge, No. 3, was organized in the fall of 1843. 
The Lodge was instituted by authority of a dispensation issued by 
the M. W. Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States. 



10 HISTORY OF 

We have no record of the names of those who instituted the 
Lodge, or of the charter members. At the institution of the 
Grand Lodge, March 18, 1844, Luciu3 H. Chandler was present 
as Representative from this Lodge. 

The last report to the Grand Lodge, was for the term ending 
April 1, 1855, at which time there were 78 contributing members. 

Widows and Orphans fund 8210.00. No general fund. 

At the session of the Grand Lodge of 1856, C. H. Cables, D. 
D. Grand Master, reported the Lodge as " having ceased work." 

At the session of 1857, the Lodge was reported as having di- 
vided its funds. The working books and charter were surrendered 
to the Grand Lodge. 

Whole number initiated, .... 172 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 120 
Number of widowed families relieved, . . 21 

Number of brothers buried, . . . . .19 

Total relief, .... 81765.13 



Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4. 

Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, was instituted October 17, 
1843, by dispensation from the M. W. Grand Sire. 

The charter members were Edward P. Banks, Benjamin Kings- 
bury, Jr. Thomas O. Goold, Geo. W. Dam and Andrew P. Os- 
borne. Eight persons were initiated. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : Edward P. Banks, 
NT. G., Thomas O. Goold, V. G., Andrew P. Osborne, Rec. Sec- 
retary, J. G. True, Per. Secretary, Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., 
Treasurer. 

The by-laws of Maine Lodge were adopted as the by-laws of the 
Lodge. All the Lodges which were instituted about this time 
adopted in substance the same by-laws. This Lodge reported in 
1848, 312 members. In 1858, the Lodge had run down to 116, 
the smallest number reached. The by-laws were remodeled sev- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 11 

eral times. The initiation fee is now thirty dollars for any person 
under forty-five years of age, and two dollars per year for each 
year his age exceeds forty-five. Degree fees for members who 
are under thirty years of age, three dollars for each Degree. 
Members who are over thirty and under forty years of age, four 
dollars for each degree. Members whose age exceeds forty years, 
five dollars for each degree. The assessments are six dollars per 
year. Benefits, five dollars per week, commencing with the sec- 
ond week of sickness. Funeral benefit, fifty dollars. 

Whole number initiated, . . . 1179 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . 975 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 119 

Number of brothers buried, .... 86 

Total relief, .... $47,828.42 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .776 

Invested funds, " " , $22,915.03 



Ligonia Lodge, No. 5. 

Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, was instituted at Portland, under a dis- 
pensation from the M. W. Grand Sire, November 21, 1843. 

The charter members were John D. Kinsman, Theopilus C. 
Hersey, Rufus Read, Joseph T. Mitchell, Franklin C. Moody, 
William E. Edwards, Albert S. Ilsley, Henry W. Hersey, David 
J. True, Orange P. Thorpe, Charles W. Thomas, Edward P. Ger- 
rish, John J. Brown, and Alexander Foss. Among the prominent 
members may be mentioned the name of Nathaniel F. Deering, 
who was always deeply interested in the welfare of the Lodge and 
the order. He was Grand Representative in 1845, 1848, and 
Grand Master in 1846. Brother Deering died in 1873. S. B. 
Beckett was Secretary for 21 years, until January 1869, when he 
declined a re-election to the office. 

At the time of the fire in Portland, July 1866, the Lodge lost 
all its records previous to 1861. 



12 HISTORY OF 

Whole number initiated, .... 743 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .493 

Number of widowed families relieved, . ' . 39 

Number of brothers buried, » . . .84 

Total relief, $23,289.34 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . . 555 

Invested funds, " " . $19,516,69 



Sabattis Lodge, No. 6. 

Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, w#s instituted at Augusta in December, 
1843, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United 
States. 

The charter members were John G. Sawyer, William B. Hart- 
well, Issacher Snell, Jr., John C. Pickard, and William R. Smith. 
These brothers had become initiated into Maine Lodge, No. 1, and 
taken withdrawal cards for the purpose of forming Sabattis Lodge. 
We are unable to give the names of the first officers, as the records 
were all destroyed by fire in 1865. This Lodge worked very suc- 
cessfully for quite a number of years. 

In 1848 it reported 254 members, with an invested fund of 
$2650.00. This was the highest number of members attained. 
From this time there was a gradual falling off in membership, and 
interest. At the time of the great fire in Augusta, Sept. 17, 1865, 
the Lodge lost its charter, seal, records, and furniture. The 
Lodge held a nominal existence for some time and finally collapsed. 
At the time of the breaking up of the Lodge, there was a mem- 
bership of 29, with an invested fund of about $3000.00. The 
fund was divided among the 29 members. 

For this procedure, at the regular session of the Grand Lodge 
in 1867, Sabattis Lodge was expelled from the order. At the 
annual session of the Grand Lodge in 1874, the vote declaring the 
Lodge expelled was rescinded, and the Lodge declared defunct, thus 
giving those members who wished to do so, a chance, by taking 
proper steps to again connect themselves with the order. 

The following will show the work of this Lodge : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 13 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 288 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 226 
Number of widowed families relieved, . . 2 

Number of brothers buried, . . . .20 

Total relief, $4,890.63 



Penobscot Lodge, No. 7. 

Penobscot Lodge, No. 7. was instituted at Bangor, February 
15, 1841, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, by James N. Winslow, acting as Grand Master, 
assisted by William R. Smith, as Grand Warden, Samuel S. 
Haines, as Grand Secretary, Issacher Snell, Jr., as Grand Treas- 
urer, Edward P. Banks, as Grand Marshal, 

The charter members were Samuel Thatcher, John R. Crockett, 
Davis B. Roberts, E. W. Dennison, and David Bugbee. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Samuel Thatcher, N. G., John R. Crockett, V. G., Davis B. 
Roberts, Secretary, E. W. Dennison, Treasurer. 

The Lodge reported in 1846, a membership of 223. In 1859, 
the membership was but 38. 

Whole number initiated, . , . . 419 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .115 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 35 

Number of brothers buried, , . . .23 

Total relief, . . . - • $5063.40 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .159 

Invested fund, " " . $3,939.41 



Relief Lodge, No. 8. 

Relief Lodge, No. 8, was instituted at East Thomaston under a 
dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States. We 
have been unable to obtain authentic information in regard to the 
early history of this Lodge. From the first report of the Lodge, 



14 HISTORY OF 

made to the Grand Lodge of Maine in April, 1845, we learn that 
the membership at that time was 53. In 1848, the membership 
was 141. In 1851, the Lodge was removed to Rockland. The 
last report made, was for the year ending July 1, 1864, which 
showed a membership of 34, with an invested fund of $2182.00 

In 1865, the Lodge voted to break up, and divide the funds 
among its members, which was done. 

Whole number initiated, .... 194 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .84 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . ] 5 

Number of brothers buried, .... 7 

Total relief, $1459.64 



Natahnis Lodge, No. 9. 

Natahnis Lodge, No. 9, was instituted at Gardiner, in 1844, 
under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States. 
In 1848, it had a membership of 225, which was the highest num- 
ber reached. The last annual report made, was for the year end- 
ing April 1, 1849, which showed a membership of 221, with an 
invested fund of $432.74. 

Soon after that time the Lodge " ceased work." In 1854, an 
effort was made to revive the Lodge, but it was not successful. 
Whole number initiated, .... 259 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .65 

Number of brothers buried, ... 4 

Total relief, . . , , . $1015.00 



Lincoln Lodge, No. 10. 

Lincoln Lodge, No. 10, was instituted at Bath, March 12, 1844, 
under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
by George W. Churchill, D. D. G. Sire. The charter members 
were Edward S. J. Nealley, David Ingalls, Nath'l Walker, Alonzo 
Parsons and Elisha Clarke. 



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The first officers were E. S. J. Nealley, N. G., Nath'l Walker, 
V. G., Elisha Clarke, Secretary, Alonzo Parsons, Treasurer. In 
1846, the reports show a membership of 212, with an invested 
fund of about $1800.00. From this time the membership began to 
decline. The report to the Grand Lodge, July 1, 1864, showed a 
membership of only 17, with an invested fund of $1250.00. Jan- 
uary 30th, 1865, a motion was introduced stating "that it is ex- 
pedient to close up the affairs of this Lodge," and notwithstanding 
the protest of Elisha Clarke, P. G. M., the vote was carried, and 
the funds divided. The Lodge was soon after re-organized and 
has since that time been very prosperous. 



Whole number initiated, 


313 


Number of brothers relieved, . , 


. 93 


Number of widowed families relieved, 


3 


Number of brothers buried, 


8 


Total relief, . 


$1,435.07 


Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, . 


108 


Invested fund, " " 


. $828.02 



Saccarappa Lodge, No. II. 

Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, was instituted at Saccarappa, May 
22d, 1844, under a dispensation issued by authority of the Grand 
Lodge of Maine. The Lodge was instituted by David Robinson, 
Jr., P. G., assisted by brothers J. D. Kinsman, T. C. Hersey, 
Samuel Bolfe, N. F. Deering, L. S. Saddler, C. W. Thomas, W. 
C. Beckett, J. H. Williams and George Sawyer. 

This was the first Lodge instituted by authority of the Grand 
Lodge of Maine. We can find no record of the names of the pe- 
titioners for the Lodge, but inasmuch as the five degrees were con- 
ferred at that time upon brothers Moses Quinby, 2d, Albert S. Hard- 
ing, Geo. W. Partridge, A. II. Cobb, Moses Stiles, Sewall Brackett, 
Bailey Quinby, Abraham Parker, and William Cloudman, it is rea- 
sonable to infer that they were the charter members. Fourteen candi- 
dates were initiated. The following officers were elected and 
installed, viz : Moses Quinby, 2d, N. G., Sewall Brackett, V. G., 
Bailey Quinby, Secretary, Moses Stiles, Treasurer. 



16 HISTORY OF 

In 1848, the Lodge reported a membership of 195, and an in- 
vested fund of 11,200.63. 

For the year ending June 30, 1864, the reports of the Lodge 
show a membership of 23, with an invested fund of $910.00. 

In April, 1864, the funds were divided among the members, for 
which notes were given running ninety-nine years without interest, 
and the Lodge ceased work. Soon after this, application was 
made to the Grand Secretary for blank withdrawal cards, which 
he declined to furnish, on the ground that the Lodge was broken 
up. In 1866, the following members paid into a new fund the 
amount received in the distribution of the funds, and the Lodge 
was re-organized, viz: Solomon L. Libby, Joseph P. Libby, Na- 
thaniel Murch, George G. Murch, John Brown, Eleazer Chase, D. 
W. Babb, John A. Low. The Lodge is now in good condition. 

Whole number initiated, .... 395 

Number ot brothers relieved, . . . .186 

Whole number widowed families relieved, . ]4 

Number of brothers buried, . . . .22 

Total relief, . . . $7,351.42 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . . 195 

Invested fund, " " . . 5.005.87 



Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12. 

Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12, was instituted at Bangor, May 23, 
1844, by Samuel Thatcher, Jr., P. G., assisted by the following 
Past Grands : 

Charles Snell, G. Warden, pro tern ; David Bugbee, G. Sec- 
etary, pro tern ; Benjamin Plummer, G. Treasurer, pro tern ; 
James P. Crockett, Grand Marshal, pro tern. 

The charter members were Davis B. Roberts, O. S. Beale, E. 
C. Smart, Wm. T. Pearson, Alexander Pearson. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : O. S. Beale, N. 
G., Davis B. Roberts, V. G., Wm. T. Pearson, Secretary, Alex- 
ander Pearson, Treasurer. 



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For the quarter ending December 31, 1846, the Lodge reported 
a membership of 189, with an invested fund of $1,212.86. 

July 1856, the report showed a membership of 14. Invested 
fund $1,060.00. 

The charter was surrendered in 1858. 



Whole number inititated, . 
Number of brothers relieved, . 
Number of widowed families relieved, 
Number of brothers buried, 
Total relief, 



196 
66 
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$2,992.05 



Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13. 

Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13, was instituted at Brunswick, June 
13th, 1844, by E. S. J. Nealley, P. G., assisted by delegates from 
Bath. 

The charter members were Giles Bailey, John S. dishing, John 
D. Coburn, Leonard P. Merrill, William H. Morse, Horatio Hall. 

After the institution of the Lodge, sixteen persons were initi- 
ated. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 
John S. Cushing, N. G., William H. Morse, V. G., Leonard P. 
Merrill, Secretary, Joseph Lunt, 2d, Treasurer. 

The report for the year ending May, 1848, showed a member- 
ship of 84. Invested fund $523.72. The report for the year 
ending July 1, 1867, gave a membership of 9, with a widow and 
orphan's fund of $400.00. 

At the session of the Grand Lodge in 1868, the Grand Secre- 
tary reported that the Lodge had been broken up and the funds 
divided among the members. October 6, 1875, on petition of 
twelve charter members, two being former members of Pejepscot 
Lodge, the charter was restored, and the Lodge re-instituted. 



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HISTORY OP 




Whole number initiated, . . . 


122 


Number of brothers relieved, . 


32 


Number of widowed families relieved, 


6 


Number of brothers buried, 


7 


Total relief, .... 


$739.00 


Number of members, December 31, 1876, 


52 


Invested fund, " 


. $237.48 



Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14. 

Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, was instituted at Augusta, June 19, 
1844, by John G. Sawyer, P. G. 

The charter members were William B. Hartwell, John C. Pick- 
ard, Edward Fenno, Eben Fuller, Joshua D. Pierce. 

In 1846, the Lodge reported 155 members. Invested fund 
11,400.00. 

The last report to the Grand Lodge was for the year ending 
April 1, 1850, which showed a membership of 64. Invested fund 
$524.83. 

January, 1851, the charter, books and papers were surrendered 
to the Grand Lodge. 

Whole number initiated, . 173 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .48 

Number of widowed families relieved, . ; 1 

Number of brothers buried, .... 3 

Total relief, ...... $757.88 



Passagassawakeag Lodge, No. 15, 

Passagassawakeag Lodge, No. 15, was instituted at Belfast, 
June 29th, 1844, by L. H. Chandler, D. G. Master. The charter 
members were David W. Lothrop, R. G. Lancaster, W. L. Torry, 
Robert M. Griffin. 

The Lodge reported in 1849, a membership of 179. Invested 
fund $1,507.00. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 19 

In April, 1856, with a membership of 54, and an invested kind 
of 81,300.00, the Lodge voted to surrender its charter and divide 
the funds. 

Whole number initiated, .... 236 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .70 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 11 

Number of brothers buried, , . . .10 

Total relief, .... $1,673,06 



Hobomok Lodge, No, 16. 

Hobomok Lodge, No. 16, was instituted at Bath, August, 1844. 
The charter members were Jacob S. Sewall, David Ingalls, James 
Wakefield, Henry D. McCobb, H. C. Donnell, B. T. Chase, 
James H. Nichols, Samuel Crowell, E. H. Mitchell, Samuel G. 
Stinson, S. G. Stockbridge, John Lambert, Thomas Bowles, Wil- 
liam Clifford, David S. Stinson, Geo. Davis. 

In 1849, the Lodge reported 170 members, with an invested 
fund of 1750.00. 

In 1851, the Lodge was expelled from the jurisdiction for in- 
subordination in refusing to pay its proportion of a per capita as- 
sessment made by the Grand Lodge. 

Whole number initiated, .... 198 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .45 

Number of widowed families relieved, i . 1 

Number of brothers relieved, ... 1 

Total relief, . . , . $556.00 



Washington Lodge, No. 17. 

Washington Lodge, No. 17, was instituted at Hallowell, August 
10th, 1844. 

In 1847, the Lodge reported a membership of 133. Invested 
fund $650.00. 



20 HISTORY OF 

The last report made was in 1851, which showed 44 members. 
Invested fund, $600.00. 

Whole number initiated, . . ; . 176 

Number of brothers relieved, ... 63 

Number of brothers buried, . . 6 

Total relief, . . . . . $1,531.90 



Orona Lodge, No. 18. 

Orono Lodge, No. 18, was instituted at Orono, Sept. 3d, 1844, 
by Charles Snell, D. D. G. Master, assisted by Samuel Thatcher, 
Jr., as G.W., David Bugbee, as G. Secy., S. H. Dale, as G. Treas., 
E. P. Baldwin, as G. I. G., Oliver S. Beale. as G. Marshal. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

E. P. Butts, N. G., William H. Allen, V. G., C. Buffum Sec- 
retary, N. G. Allen, Treasurer. In 1849, the membership was 
reported to be 101, invested fund ©1218.99. 

In 1859, the Lodge surrendered its charter and divided its funds 
among the members. It had at the time 23 members and a fund 
of $1298.70. 

Whole number initiated, .... 122 

Number of brothers relieved, . . ; .49 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 1 

Number of brothers buried, .... 3 

Total relief $715.00 



Passamaquoddy Lodge, No. 19. 

Passamaquoddy Lodge, No. 19, was instituted at Eastport Sept. 
27th, 1844, by Charles Snell, D. D. G. M. In 1868 this Lodge had 
168 members with an invested fund of 81572.41. The last report 
to the Grand Lodge was made in 1856, which showed a member- 
ship of 30 with an invested fund of 11000.00 In 1857 the char- 
ter was reclaimed. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 21 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 191 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .93 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 4 

Number of brothers buried, . . . .10 

Total relief, .... $1735.71 



Harrison Lodge, No, 20. 

Harrison Lodge, No. 20, was instituted at Harrison October 3, 
1844. In 1850, the Lodge had 55 members, with an invested fund 
of $303.26. This was the highest point reached. The member- 
ship soon after began to decrease. In 1854, the Grand Lodge au- 
thorized the Grand Master to receive the charter, books and pa- 
pers of Harrison Lodge, should the Lodge vote to surrender 
them, allowing the Lodge to retain its funds for the purpose of 
uniting with Cumberland Lodge. Harrison Lodge declined to 
avail itself of the permission, and resolved to make an effort at 
revival, which for a time appeared as if it would be successful. 
In a few years the Lodge again declined, and surrendered its char- 
ter in 1859. 

Whole number initiated, . . . .98 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .53 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 7 

Number of brothers buried, .... 2 

Total relief, $582.65 



Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No 21. 

Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 21, was instituted at Mercer, 
December 21, 1844. 

In 1848 the Lodge reported a membership of 101. Invested 
fund $448.78. 

The last report to the Grand Lodge was made in 1850, which 
showed a membership of 70. Invested fund $550.00 
The charter was reclaimed in 1853. 



22 HISTOEY OF 

Whole number initiated, . . . 168 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .19 

Number of brothers buried, ... 5 

Total relief, . . . . . . $358.08 



Medomak Lodge, No. 22. 

Medomak Lodge, No. 22, was instituted at Waldoboro, January 
20, 1845. In 1850, the Lodge reported 65 members. Invested 
fund $500.00. 

The last report was made in 1856, showing a membership of 20, 
with an invested fund of $825. 00. 

This Lodge was unfortunate in having been burnt out three 
times, the last time in 1855, from the effects of which it never 
rallied. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 93 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .11 

Number of brothers buried, ... 4 

Total relief, $237. 20 



Schoodiac Lodge, No. 23. 

Schoodiac Lodge, No. 23, was instituted in Calais, January 
21,1845. In 1848, the reports showed a membership of 158. 
Invested, fund $850.70. The last report of the Lodge was made 
in 1852, which showed a membership of TO. Invested fund 
$950.00. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 178 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .43 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 3 

Number of brothers buried, .... 8 

Total relief, . $724.00 



Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24. 

Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24, was instituted at Lewiston, Feb- 



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23 



ruary 26, 1845, by James Pratt, Grand Master, assisted by the 
other Grand officers. 



Whole number initiated, 

Number of brothers relieved, . 

Number of widowed families relieved, 

Number of brothers buried, 

Total relief, . 

Number of members Dec. 31,1876, 

Invested fund, " 



465 

. 177 

11 

16 

$4493.25 

. 318 

$3423.35 



Acadia Lodge, No. 25. 

Acadia Lodge, No. 25, was instituted at Bangor, March 18, 
1845. 

The reports for the year 1846, showed a membership of 67. 
At the annual session of the Grand Lodge in 1847, the Grand 
Master reported that, it having come to his knowledge that Acadia 
Lodge had been in the habit of using other forms of initiation 
than those contained in the authorized charge books of the order, 
he directed the District Deputy Grand Master of the 9th District 
to investigate the matter. In the course of the correspondence 
which ensued, the Lodge acknowledged that they had used some 
portion of the old work, and gave as a reason that they liked it 
better than the new, and should probably continue to use it, unless 
expressly forbidden to do so. The Grand Master then expressly 
forbid the Lodge to make use of any lectures or charges not con- 
tained in the books furnished them by the Grand Lodge. On the 
report of the facts in the case, by the Grand Master to the Grand 
Lodge, that body referred the matter to a committee on whose 
recommendation a vote was passed, censuring Acadia Lodge for 
insubordination, and requiring it to obey the requirements of the 
Grand Lodge under penalty of having the charter reclaimed, A 
lengthy correspondence ensued between the Grand Master and the 
officers of the Lodge, in the course of which the Lodge expressed 
a determination not to submit to the requirements of the Grand 



24 HISTORY OP 

Lodge. At the session of 1848, the Grand Master submitted the 
correspondence had with Acadia Lodge, and after due considera- 
tion, said Acadia Lodge was expelled from this jurisdiction and 
from the order. 

Whole number initiated . . . . 72 

Number of brothers buried, .... 1 



Mousarn Lodge, No. 26. 

Mousam Lodge, No. 26, was instituted at K&nnebunk, May 8th, 
1845, by James Smith, D. D. G. Master, assisted by other Grand 
officers and a large delegation from Saco Lodge. The charter 
members were James L. Lombard, David B. Cleaves, John Cobby, 
Jonathan Lovering and Peter S. Holden. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 213 

Number of members relieved, . . . 166 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 6 

Number of brothers buried, . . . . 16 

Total relief, .... $2,844.17 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 121 

Invested fund, " " . $2,131.29 



Tarratine Lodge, No. 27. 

Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, was instituted at Oldtown, May 23, 
1845, by Charles Snell, D. D. G. Master, assisted by E. P. But- 
ler, G. Warden, fro tern. ; W. H. Allen, G. Secretary, pro tern. ; 
Lorenzo Beal, G. Treasurer, pro tern. ; J. Reed, Jr., G. Marshal, 
pro tern. ; B. Norton, G. Guardian, pro tern. 

Whole number initiated, .... 259 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . ,71 

Number of widowed families relieved. . . 9 

Number of brothers buried, . . . .13 

Total relief, 2,420.55 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 85 

Invested fund, " " . $1,585.40 



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25 



Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28. 

Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28, was instituted at South Berwick, 
June 3d, 1845, by James Smith, D. D. G. Master, assisted by the 
following Past Grands, viz: Samuel H. Parker, Daniel M. Owen 
and Jones W. Drew, of Dover, N. H., J. W. Sargent and John 
Cobby, of Mousam Lodge, No. 26, and Samuel M. Colcord of Bos- 
ton. 

The charter members were George S. Woodman, Charles T. 
Trafton, John B. Nealley, Caleb Sanborn, John G. Thompson. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Geo. S. Woodman, N. G., Charles T. Trafton, V. G., John B. 
Nealley, Secretary, Caleb Sanborn, Treasurer. 

In 1849, the Lodge reported a membership of 81. Invested 
fund 1330.00. In 1863, the report shows a membership of 32. 
Invested fund $600.00. 



\ 



Whole number initiated, . 


237 


Number of brothers relieved, . 


. 150 


Number of widowed families relieved, 


4 


Number of brothers buried, 


8 


Total relief, .... 


$2,187,94 


Number of members, December 31, 1876, 


125 


Invested fund, " " 


$5,000.00 



Katahdin Lodge, No. 29. 

Katahdin Lodge, No. 29, was instituted at Dover in 1845. In 
1848, the reports show a membership of 75. Invested fund 
$408.00. 

The last report made by the Lodge was in 1854, at which time 
there were 40 members. 
The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 



Whole number initiated, 
Number of brothers relieved, 
Total relief, 



65 

8 
$276.00 



26 HISTORY OF 

Cumberland Lodge, No. 30. 

Cumberland Lodge, No. 30, was instituted at Centre Bridgton, 
in 1845, by Francis Blake, D. D. G. Master. The charter mem- 
bers were Samuel Andrews, 2d, B. K. Carsely, W. T. Kilburn, 
W. W. Cross, Benjamin Walker, Alvin Dennett, Richard Gage, 
Calvin Brigham and Charles Reed, who withdrew from Harrison 
Lodge, No. 20, for the purpose of forming this Lodge. 

About two years after the formation of the Lodge, the hall oc- 
cupied was destroyed by fire, by reason of which the Lodge lost all 
its papers, regalia and other property, thereby necessitating a heavy 
draft upon the purses of the members to replace the furniture, but 
they persevered, and in 1849 built the hall now occupied, which 
was dedicated in 1850, by James Pratt, Grand Master. In 1853, 
the Lodge numbered 82 members, with an invested fund of $2,- 
000.00. In 1864, the membership was 28. Invested fund 
$2,200.00. 

Whole number initiated, , 360 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .150 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 8 

Number of brothers buried, . : . .18 

Total relief, . $2,492.70 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, , 224 

Invested fund, " " . $6,173.43 



Lafayette Lodge, No. 31. 

At the annual session of the Grand Lodge, held August, 1845, 
a petition was presented and signed by six brothers, members of 
Relief Lodge, No. 8, for a charter for a new Lodge to be located 
at Camden, to be called " Lafayette Lodge." The Grand Lodge 
voted to issue a charter to the petitioners, and the Lodge was 
instituted at some time during the year. 

In 1848, the report showed a membership of 46. Invested 
fund 1196.71. 

The report for the year 1850 shows a membership of 33. In- 
vested fund, $54.00. 

The Lodge surrendered its charter in 1851. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 27 

Whole number initiated, . ... 62 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .23 

Number of brothers buried, .... 3 

Total relief, $197.09 



Damariscotta Lodge, No. 32. 

At the annual session of the Grand Lodge held in August, 1846, 
a petition was presented for a new Lodge to be located at Noble- 
boro'. The committee to whom the subject was referred, made a 
favorable report, and a charter was granted, and Damariscotta 
Lodge, No. 32, was shortly after instituted. In 1848, the Lodge 
reported a membership of 100. Invested fund $793.84. The 
last report made by the Lodge was in 1856, which showed a mem- 
bership of 70. 

Whole number initiated, , . . 121 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .-49 

Number of brothers buried, , 3 

Total relief, $425.00 



Howard Lodge, No. 33. 

Howard Lodge, No. 33, was instituted at Machias, in 1846. In 
1849, the Lodge reported 109 members. Invested fund $51.61. 
The last report made was in 1855, which showed a membership of 
50. Invested fund $478.00. 

In 1857, the Lodge was reported as having broken up entirely. 

Wbole number initiated, . . . . 120 

Number of brothers relieved, ... 42 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 2 

Number of brothers buried, .... 8 
Total relief, . . ... . $615.00. 



Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34. 

Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34, was instituted at Skowhegan, in 1846. 



28 HISTORY OP 

In 1854, the Lodge ceased work, and in 1857 the charter was 
re-claimed. 

In 1862, on petition, the charter was restored to a portion of its 
members, and the Lodge resumed work. 

Whole number initiated, . . . .283 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . 69 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 5 

Number of brothers buried, , . 10 

Total relief, , . . $1,649.25 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 124 

Invested fund, " " . . $603.56 



Union Lodge, No. 35. 

Union Lodge, No. 35, was instituted at Union, January 10th, 
1846. The charter members were Isaac G. Allen, George Ab- 
bott, Stephen S. Hawes, William Gleason and Cyrus G. Batch- 
elder. 

The membership in 1850, was 61. Invested fund $753.08. 
In 1859, the report showed a membership of 40. Invested fund 
$1,012.00. 

Whole number initiated, ..... 200 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 138 

Number of widowed families relieved, : 21 

Number of brothers buried, ..... 27 

Total relief, $1,977.50 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . . 84 

Invested fund, " si $1,663.00 



Narramisic Lodge, No. 36. 

Narramisc Lodge, No. 36, was instituted at Orland, March, 
1846, by S. H. Dale, D. D. G. Master, assisted by brothers of 
Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12, of Bangor. The charter members 
were Joshua E. Burnham, John E. Saunders, Stillman Cotton, T. 
G. Saunders, and George Hancock. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 29 

Joshua E. Burnham, N. G., John E. Saunders, V. G., George 
Hancock, Secretary, T. G. Saunders, Treasurer. In 1849, the 
Lodge reported 78 members. Invested fund $216.77. 

The last report made was in 1860, at which time there was 23 
members. The charter was surrendered in 1861. 

Whole number initiated, .... 108 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .97 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 9 

Number of brothers buried, .... 7 

Total relief, $J083.17 



Kennebec Lodge, No. 37. 

Kennebec Lodge, No. 37, was instituted at Hallowell, March, 
1846. In 1849, the Lodge reported a membership of 64. May 
9, 1849, the Lodge voted "to sell its property and divide the pro- 
ceeds of the sale, together with the cash funds then on hand, be- 
tween the bona fide members of said Lodge, in proportion to the 
amount paid in by them." At the same meeting a resolution was 
adopted declaring said Lodge dissolved. At the annual session of 
the Grand Lodge in 1850, in view of the foregoing facts, a resolu- 
tion was adopted expelling Kennebec Lodge No. 37, from this jur- 
isdiction and from the order. 

Whole number initiated, . . . , 31 

Total relief, ..... $20.00 



Astoria Lodge, No. 38. 

Astoria Lodge, No. 38, was instituted at Frankfort, April 2, 
1846. The officers elected and installed the same evening were 
as follows : 

Joseph P. Hooper, N. G., N. H. Hubbard, V. G., Lathley 
Rich, Secretary, Remembrance Clark, Treasurer. In 1849, 
the Lodge numbered 83. Invested fund 8633.30. For the 
year ending July 1, 1862, the Lodge reported 14 members. 
Invested fund $350.00 



30 HISTORY OF 

The last meeting of the Lodge was held in the office of the Sec- 
retary, Reuben A. Rich, Dec. 30, 1862, at which time it was voted 
to divide the funds among the members in good standing and sur- 
render the charter. 

At the close of the records of the final meeting these words 
were written, " Sic Transit Gloria Mundi." Various causes com- 
bined led to the death of the Lodge. Many of the members 
moved away, others lost all interest in the order, and a few proved 
themselves unworthy. One, who held a prominent position, used a 
large portion of the fund, leaving worthless paper as security. 
This soured and disappointed many, and finally the Lodge ceased 
work. 

Whole number initiated, .... 90 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .61 

Number of brothers buried, . . . 5 

Total relief, ; $549.00 



Samaritan Lodge, No. 39. 

Samaritan Lodge, No. 39, was instituted at Waterville in 1846. 
In 1849, the Lodge reported 117 members. Invested fund 1557. 
62. In 1853, the report showed a membership of 36. 

The charter was surrendered in 1855. 

Whole number initiated, .... 82 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .34 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 3 

Number of brothers buried, .... 3 
Total relief, ..... $593.19 



Eastern Star Lodge, No. 40. 

Eastern Star Lodge, No. 40, was instituted at Thomaston in 
1846. In 1853, the Lodge reported 50 members. The charter 
was surrendered in 1854. 

Whole number initiated, . ' . ; . 36 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 8 
Total relief, ..... $153.00 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 31 

Mattanawcook Lodge, No. 41. 

Mattanawcopk Lodge, No. 41, was instituted at Lincoln in 1846, 
by E. P. Butler, D. D. Grand Master. In 1854, the Lodge re- 
ported a membership of 41. The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 33 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 1 
Number of widowed families relieved, . . 1 

Number of brothers buried, .... 1 
Total relief, $22.00 



Adelphian Lodge, No. 42. 

Adelphian Lodge, No, 42, was instituted at Searsport in 1847, 
by F. A. Hodsdon, D. D. Grand Master. In 1849, the re- 
port showed a membership of 92. Invested fund 1420.00. 

In 1852, Mark R. Hopkins, a member of said Lodge, appealed 
from its action in refusing to pay him benefits. The Grand Lodge 
sustained the appeal and ordered Adelphian Lodge to pay the bene- 
fits, which it declined to do. The attention of the Grand Lodge 
was again called to the matter in 1853, and the Grand Master was 
authorized to reclaim the charter of the Lodge, unless it complied 
with the requirements of the Grand Lodge. Adelphian Lodge 
persisted in refusing to acquiesce, but chose rather to surrender its 
charter, which was accordingly done. 

Whole number initiated, . . . , 95 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 7 
Number of widowed families relieved, . . 2 

Number of brothers buried, .... 3 
Total relief, ..... $209.00 



Norenibequa Lodge, No. 43. 

Norembequa Lodge, No. 43, was instituted at Ellsworth in 
1847, by E. P. Butler, D. D. Grand Master. In 1849, this 
Lodge reported 87 members. Invested fund 1144.27. 

In 1854, the Lodge ceased work and divided its funds. 



32 HISTORY OF 

Whole number initiated, . ... , 90 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .11 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 1 

Total relief, $352.50 



Laconia Lodge, No. 44. 

Laconia Lodge, No. 44, was instituted at Biddeford in 1847, by 
N. F. Deering, Grand Master, assisted by Benjamin Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary, and a number of brothers from Saco Lodge 
No. 2. In 1855, the Lodge numbered 75 members, with an in- 
vested fund of $500.00. 

In 1864, the membership was 44. 

Invested fund $626.00. 

Whole number initiated, .... 378 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .133 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 23 

Number of brothers buried, . . . .17 

Total relief, $3702.25 

Number of members December 31, 1876, . . 231 

Invested fund, " " . $10,268.47 



Central Lodge, No. 45. 

Central Lodge, No. 45, was instituted at Wayne April 28, 
1847, by W. H. Clark, D. D. Grand Master. Officers were 
elected and installed as follows : 

William H. Passmore, N. G., J. B. Fillebrown, V. G., William 
B. Briggs, Secretary, Samuel Faunce, Treasurer. The meetings 
of the Lodge were regularly held and the work and duties of the 
order appear to have been well attended to for a number of years. 
In 1851, the Lodge numbered 55 members. Invested fund $332. 
11. 

During the last year of its existence there was much irregularity 
in holding meetings. At a meeting held Dec. 25, 1855, it was 
voted to " adjourn one week." The adjournment meeting does, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 33 

not appear to have been held. The charter was reclaimed in 

1857. 

Whole number initiated, .... 53 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .20 

Total relief, . . . ... $176.00 



Pequawket Lodge, No. 46. 

Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, was instituted at Brownfleld, May 
13, 1847, by Cyril Pearl, Past District Deputy Grand Master. 
In 1858, the Lodge numbered 61 members. Invested fund, $853. 
89. In 1864, the membership became reduced to 10. Invested 
fund $680.00. 

Whole number initiated, . 173 

Number of brothers relieved, , , : .92 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 4 

Number of brothers buried, .... 7 

Total relief, .... $1,392.14 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, , . 92 

Invested fund, " " . $1,700.00 . 



Vesper Lodge, No. 47. 

Vesper Lodge, No. 47, was instituted at Camden, May 27, 
1847, by Iddo K. Kimball, D. D. Grand Master. In 1848, the 
Lodge numbered 20 members. Invested fund, $98.20. 

The charter was surrendered in 1850. 

Whole number initiated, , . . . 13 

Number of brothers buried, 1 

Total relief, . . . , . $10.00 



Canal Lodge, No. 48. 

Canal Lodge, No. 48, was instituted at Searsmont, May 16', 
3 



34 HISTORY OF 

1847, the Lodge numbered in 1852, 69 members. Invested fund. 

$550.00 

The charter was reclaimed in 1854. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 64 

Total relief, . . . . . $164.95 



Carratunk Lodge, No. 49. 

Carratunk Lodge, No. 49, was instituted at Solon, July 17, 
1847, by Amasa Dingley, D. D. Grand Master. In 1849, the 
Lodge numbered 77 members. Invested fund, $200.40. The last 
report to the Grand Lodge was in 1855, which showed a member- 
ship of 50. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, .... 67 

Number of brothers relieved, , . .11 

IS umber of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief, $98.50 



Frontier Lodge, No. 50. 

Frontier Lodge No. 50, was instituted at Lubec, February 23, 
1848, by B. M. Flint, D. D. Grand Master. The Lodge num- 
bered in 1850, 51 members. Invested fund $160.00 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 47 

Number of brothers relieved, . ; . .13 

Total relief, . ... $133.00 



North Anson Lodge, No. 51. 

North Anson Lodge, No. 51, was instituted at North Anson, 
February 25, 1848, by Amasa Dingley, D. D. Grand Master. 
The Lodge numbered in 1851, 48 members. Invested fund, $381.67. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 35 

The last report of this Lodge was made in 1855, which showed a 
membership of 19. Invested fund 1375.00. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, .... 69 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .18 

Total relief, .... $124.00 



Adams Lodge, No. 52. 

Adams Lodge, No. 52, was instituted at Bucksport ; March 23, 
1848, by J. E. Burnham, D. D. Grand Master. 

The reports for the year 1851, show a membership of 59. In 
vested fund, $225.39. 

The last report from this Lodge was made in 1855, which showed 
a membership of 50. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated . , . .57 

Number of brothers relieved, i 22 

Total relief, $220.00 



Social Friends Lodge, No. 53. 

Social Friends Lodge, No. 53, was instituted at Appleton, April 
27, 1848, by Bohan P. Field, P. G. In 1850, the reports showed 
a membership of 28. Invested fund, 1122.00. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1854. 

Whole number initiated, .... 24 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 4 

Total relief, ..... $18.20 



Gaugus Lodge, No. 54. 

Gaugus Lodge, No. 54, was instituted at Cherryfield, May 30, 
1848, by Albert Pillsbury, D. D. Grand Master. J. A. Milliken, 



36 HISTOKY OF 

was the first Noble Grand. In 1852, the Lodge numbered 67. 
Invested fund, $742.00. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, .... 62 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .12 

Total relief, ..... $123.00 



Lemon Stream Lodge, No. 55. 

Lemon Stream Lodge, No. 55, was instituted at New Portland, 
October 2, 1848, by John Trask, Jr., D. D. Grand Master. 

The following were the charter members : 

Abram Spooner, George A. Fletcher, Ansel L. Watson, William 
Witham, Daniel B. Jones, Moses Williams, Jr., Lemont Spooner, 
Charles L. Carsley, William Vaughan, Simeon C. Hanson, John 

D. Davis, Merchant H. Stewart, John I. Stewart, Nathaniel E. 
Wright, and Joseph D. Vaughan. 

The first officers elected and installed were as follows : 

Abram Spooner, N. G., Simeon C. Hanson, V. G., Nathaniel 

E. Wright, Recording Secretary, Geo. A. Fletcher, Permanent 
Secretary, Lemont Spooner, Treasurer. In 1851, the Lodge 
numbered 37 members. Invested fund, $347.00. In 1869, the 
report showed a membership of 12. Invested fund, $800.00. 

Whole number initiated, ; 55 

Number ot brothers relieved, . . . .36 

Total relief, $474.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .53 

Invested fund, " " , $561.55 



Warren Lodge, No. 56. 

Warren Lodge, No. 56, was instituted at Warren, February 7, 
1849, by E. W. Pendleton, D. D. Grand Master. In 1854, the 
Lodge had 34 members. 

The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 

Whole number initiated, .... 30 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .13 

Number of brothers buried, . . . 2 

Total relief, ..... $102.42 



Ockonostota Lodge, No. 57. 

■Ockonostota Lodge, No. 57, was instituted at Sullivan, March, 
8, 1849, by Nathan Emerson, D. D. Grand Master. 
The charter was reclaimed in 1857. 

Whole number initiated, . ,• 30 

Number of brothers relievedj . . . .7 

Total relief, ;. . . . $63.30 



Franklin Lodge, No. 58. 

Franklin Lodge, No. 58, was instituted at Farmington, February 
27th, 1849, by John Trask, Jr., D. D. Grand Master. The char- 
ter members were as follows : J. A. Linscott, William Tripp, John 
Trask, Jr., Jedediah H. McKeese, J. Edward Ham, Charles M. 
Barrell, William Lancaster. 

The report for the year ending July 1, 1860, showed a member- 
ship of 19. Invested fund $215. 00. Soon after this time the 
Lodge ceased work and its charter was reclaimed. December 3d, 
1872, on petition of seven of the former members, the charter was 
restored and the Lodge re-organized. 

Whole number initiated, ; 86 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .27 

Number of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief . . . . . $270.64 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, . . 74 

Invested fund, " " . . 631.81 



38 HISTORY OF 

Felix Lodge, No. 59. 

Felix Lodge, No. 59, was instituted at Newburgh, January 2, 
1850. In 1852, the Lodge numbered 78 members. Invested 
fund $857.19. In 1859, this Lodge with a fund of about ten hun- 
dred dollars, and thirty members, surrendered its charter and di- 
vided its funds. 

Whole number initiated, .... 73 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .24 

Number of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief, $194.25 



Oriental Lodge, No. 60. 

Oriental Lodge, No. 60, was instituted at Dixmont, January 24, 
1851, by S. B. Straw, Grand Master. The charter members were 
Daniel Jewell, Byron Porter, A. T. C. Dodge, Samuel Bragg, N. 
H. Bragg, and John Dennis. 

In 1853, the Lodge had 35 members. In 1859, the reports 
showed a membership of 7. Invested fund $100.00. 

At the session of the Grand Lodge, August, 1859, a petition 
signed by A. T. C. Dodge, Norris H. Bragg, F. A. Bean, and 
John Dennis, was presented requesting to be allowed to remove 
Oriental Lodge from Dixmont, to Bangor. Permission was given 
and the Lodge removed accordingly. 

Whole number initiated, . . .. . 349 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .92 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 12 

Number of brothers buried, . . . .14 

Total relief . ... . . $1,909.74 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . . 240 

Invested fund, " " . 4,815.08 



Sandy River Lodge, No. 61. 

Sandy River Lodge, was instituted at Phillips, May 20, 1851, 
by Abram Spooner, D. D. Grand Master. 
The charter was surrendered in 1854. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 39 

Whole number initiated, . 10 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 2 
Total relief, $24.62 



Manufacturers & Mechanics' Lodge, No. 62. 

Manufacturers and Mechanics' Lodge, No. 62, was instituted at 
Lewiston, 1853. 



Whole number initiated, 


375 


Number of brothers relieved, . 


. 119 


Number of widowed families relieved, 


17 


Number of brothers buried, 


8 


Total relief, 


$4,611.25 


Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, 


. 256 


Invested fund, " " 


$3,996.66 



Dirigo Lodge, No. 63. 

Dirigo Lodge, No. 63, was instituted at Milo, January 21, 1869, 
by N. H. Colton, Grand Master. The charter members were T. 
H. Palmer, C. A. Snow, Moses Tolman, D. B. Tolman, and R. A. 
Monroe, who had previously joined Oriental Lodge, No. 60, Ban- 
gor, and took withdrawal cards for the purpose of forming this 
Lodge. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 93 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 8 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 2 

Number of brothers buried, . . . . 3 

Total relief, . , . . . $209.25 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, . . 67 

Invested fund, " . $1,706.72 



Kineo Lodge, No. 64. 

Kineo Lodge, No. 64, was instituted at Dover, March 22, 18T0, 
by J. E. Haseltine, Grand Master, assisted by J. K. Merrill, 



40 HISTORY OF 

Grand Representative, George H. Walden and Charles B. Nash, 
Past Grands, arid a large delegation from Bangor and Milo. 

The charter members were 0. P. Martin, W. D. Blethen, 
George G. Downing, B. 0. Lowell, G. E. S. Bryant, J. B. 
Chase, and D. F. Ayer. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

J. B. Chase, N. G.. B. C. Lowell, V. G., G. G. Downing, Sec- 
retary, W. D. Blethen, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 155 

Number of brothers relieved, ... 8 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 1 

Number of brothers buried, .... 3 
Total relief, ..... $276.90 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .131 

Invested fund, " " . $2,223.99 



Plymouth Lodge, No. 65. 

Plymouth Lodge, No. 65, was instituted at Dexter, December 
6, 1870, by E. H. Fogg, D. D. G. M., assisted by delegates from 
Bangor and Milo. 

The following were the charter members : 

A. M. Robinson, holding a withdrawal card from Oriental Lodge, 
No. 60, N. F. Roberts, George A. Jones, J. Sanborn, and J. C. 
Edmonds, holding withdrawal cards from Kineo Lodge, No. 64. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

J. Sanborn, N. G., A. M. Robinson, V. G., N. F. Roberts, Sec- 
retary, G. A. Hynes, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, .... 101 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .26 

Total relief, . . . . $244.50 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .114 

Invested fund, " " . $817.48 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 41 

Kezar Valley Lodge, No. 66. 

Kezar Valley Lodge, No. 66, was instituted at Lovell, August 
29, 1871, by M. Gleason, D. D. Grand Master, assisted by Past 
Grands of Cumberland and Pequawket Lodges. 

The charter members were Edgar McAllaster, David Coffin, I. 
E. Stover, Otis Andrews, and A. K. M. Pottle. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . Ill 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .43 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 3 

Total relief, $480.15 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, ; . 107 

Invested fund " " . 1.779.00 



Beacon Lodge, No. 67. 

Beacon Lodge, No. 67, was instituted at Portland November 7, 
1872, by D. W. Babb, Grand Master, assisted by the Grand Offi- 
cers. The charter members were Orin B. Whitten, Franklin H. 
Morse, Israel Hicks, Charles L. Jack, Henry S. Trickey, J. H. 
Wentworth, Abel H. Sawyer, George C. Frye, Josiah II. Drum- 
mond, II. H. Lowell, George F. Junkins, J. N. Martin, Gustav 
Schumacher, I. T. Wyer, George A. Barstow, H. P. Ingalls, A. 
R. Doten, A. W. Coombs, William Ross, Jr., F. A. Gage, Reuel 
Small, M. L. Smith, S. C. Fernald, Emmons Chapman, Albro E. 
Chase, Wodin G. Norris, Charles E. Webster, James A. Conley, 
George H. Walden, George Simonton, A. Q. Leach, F. A. Smith, 
J. P. Hobbs, Henry P. Merrill, George R. Shaw, George Trefeth- 
en, Charles B. Tolford, F. II. Gushing, F. H. Swett, C. C. Bed- 
low, J. F. Randall, C. R. F. Schumacher, A. G. Schlotterbeck, E. 
A. Howe, S, H. Doten, A. C. Waite, A. S. Quincy, Nathan 
Cleaves. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

0. B. Whitten, N. G., Nathan Cleaves, V. G., A. E. Chase, 
Secretary, F. H. Morse, Treasurer. The charter members were 



42 HISTORY OF 

composed of sixteen from each of Maine, Ancient Brothers, and 
Ligonia Lodges. These Lodges each made a donation to Beacon 
Lodge, of the proportionate share of the charter members in their 
respective funds, besides giving it an equal ownership in the prop- 
erty held in common, and the rent of the Lodge room one year. 

Whole number initiated, , 217 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . 7-i 

Number of brothers buried, . 3 

Total relief, $2,119.90 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 275 

Invested fund, " " $12,014.96 



Fairfield Lodge, No, 68. 

Fairfield Lodge, No. 68 ; was instituted at Fairfield, January 9, 
1872, by G. A. Callahan, D. G. Master. The charter members 
were H. G. Wyman, E. C. Low, William H. Emery, E. H. Evans, 
Randall Andrews, and D. B. Randall. 

Whole number inititated, .... 88 

Number of brothers relieved, . . , .13 

Total relief, . . . . $53.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, ... 99 
Invested fund, " " . $600.00 



Friendship Lodge, No. 69. 

Friendship Lodge, No. 69, was instituted at Springvale, by D. 
W. Babb, Grand Master, assisted by O. B. Whitten, Grand Sec- 
retary, and delegates from Portland, Saccarappa, and Kennebunk. 
The charter members were George E. Allen, William A. Allen, 
Alonzo A. Hurd, Gilbert G. Littlefield, Freeman E. Trafton, Jos- 
eph W. Frye, William Smythe, A. K. S. Bedell, and Ivory Brooks. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 108 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .19 

Number of brothers buried, ... 2 

Total relief, $664.86 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . . 114 

Invested fund, " " . $1,193.87 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 43 

Asylum Lodge, No. 70. 

Asylum Lodge, No. 70, was instituted at Augusta, April 18, 
1873, by G. A. Callahan, Grand Master, assisted by C. C. Frost, 
Deputy Grand Master, pro tern., N. S. Morse, Grand Warden, pro 
tern., N. G. Cummings, Grand Secretary, S. K* Dyer, Grand Treas- 
urer, C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain, W. E. Pressey, Grand Marshal, 
pro tern. The charter members were David Cargill, John W. 
Toward, Mark Harden, Josiah S. Hobbs, and E. R. Emerson. 

The following officers were installed : 

David Cargill, N. G., J. W. Toward, Y. G., Mark Harden, 
Secretary, J. S. Hobbs, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, .... 53 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 7 

Total relief, . $99.60 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . . 58 

Invested fund, " " . . $149.06 



Arambec Lodge, No. 71. 

Arambec Lodge, No. 71, was instituted at Wiscasset, July 1, 
1873, by G. A. Callahan, Grand Master, assisted by N. G. Cum- 
mings, Grand Secretary, S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer, and oth- 
ers. The charter members were Joseph Wood, L. W. Gibbs, W. 
W, Elmes, R. T. Rundlett, and George Hilton. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

Joseph Wood, N. G., W. W. Elmes, V. G., Richard T. Rund- 
lett, Secretary, Lincoln W. Gibbs, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, . 65 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 6 
Number of brothers buried, ... 3 

Total relief, .... $170.50 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 67 

Invested fund, " " . $5S0.17 



44 HISTORY OF 

Riverside Lodge, No. 72. 

Eiverside Lodge No. 72, was instituted at Kittery, August 21, 
1873, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master assisted by Joshua Davis, 
Grand Secretary, S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer, and P. G. Mas- 
ters, J. E. Haseltine, and C. K. Ladd. The charter members were 
Charles Chickering, George Manent, Frank L. Berry, William W. 
Locke, John B. Trefethen, Thomas R. Wilson, Jacob Joy, Daniel 
P. Riley, Samuel A. Jackson, George 0. Wilson, and John C. 
Burnham. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

Charles Chickering, N. G., George Manent, V. G., Frank L. 
Berry, Secretary, William W. Locke, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 159 

Number of members relieved, ; 54 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 1 

Total relief, .... $1,220,93 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 179 

Invested fund, " " . $3,261.43 



Golden Rule Lodge, No. 73. 

Golden Rule Lodge, No. 73, was instituted at Lewiston, Sep- 
tember 26, 1873, by 0. B. Whitten, G. M., assisted by Joshua 
Davis, G. Secretary, Israel Hicks, G. I. Guardian, and C. H. 
Blake, G. Chaplain. 

The charter members were George A. Callahan, W. F. Garce- 
lon, George A. Drew, Ai Brooks, George W. Maxfield, T. W. 
Murch, Samuel 0. Wood, S. W. Cook, M. C. Wedgewood, T. A- 
Eastman, E. J. Atwood, Fred A. Hall, Isaac H. Estes, A. D. 
Cook, A. S. Melcher, and Edwin Wakefield. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

Ai Brooks, N. G., S. W. Cook, V. G., S. 0. Wood, Secretary, 
L. C. Peck, Treasurer, F. A. Hall, Per't Secretary. 

Whole number initiated, , . . . 113 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .12 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 136 

Invested fund, " " . $1991.32 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 45 

Mount Abram Lodge, No. 31. 

Mount Abram Lodge, No. 31, was instituted at Bethel, October 
3, 1873, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master, assisted by brothers 
from Portland, Bridgton, and Lovell. 

The charter members were A. M. True, J. T. Chapman, R. Q. 
Lurvey, E. W. Scribner, J. F. Pressey, Clifton Jones, and 0. D. 
Clough. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

A. M. True, N. GL, J. T. Chapman, V. G., R. Q. Lurvey, Sec- 
retary, H. W. Gage, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, . , . . 113 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 6 

Number of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief, f 133.00 

Number of members December 31, 1876, . . 98 

Invested fund, " " . $620.75 



Granite Lodge, No. 14. 

Granite Lodge, No. 14, was instituted at Biddeford, February 
6, 1874, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master, assisted by Past Grands, 
Charles H. Rich, Israel Hicks, Addison Frye, and others. 

The charter members were James M. Andrews, Silas P. Adams, 
William A. Woods, Jere Goldsborough, 0. S. Whitney, James F. 
Farr, Edwin Woodman, James Andrews, Willett Andrews, and 
Samuel Leach. 

Officers were installed as follows : 
James M. Andrews, N. G., Willett Andrews, V. G., William A. 
Woods, R. S., 0. S. Whitney, P. S., Jere Goldsborough, Treas- 
urer. 

Whole number initiated, .... 123 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . 11 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 1 

Number of brothers buried, , 1 

Total relief, , $332.67 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 116 

Invested fund, " " . $1,759.17 



46 ' HISTORY OF 

Sabattus River Lodge, No, 21. 

Sabattus River Lodge, No. 21, was instituted at Lisbon, March 
17, 1874, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master, assisted by W. F. 
Garcelon, Grand Warden, Israel Hicks, Grand Guardian, and G. 
A. Callahan, P. G. M. 

The charter members were A. Callahan, E. M. Shaw, F. H. 
Amback, Charles Keopka, G. L. Stowe, John Marsden, and J. M« 
Corbett. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

E. M. Shaw, N. G., F. H. Amback, Y. G., William Sheehan, 
Secretary, J. M. Corbett, Treasurer. 



Whole number initiated, . 


42 


Number of brothers relieved, 


12 


Number of brothers buried, 


i 


Number of members Dec, 31, 1876, . 


45 


Invested fund, 


$507.56 



Gardiner Lodge, No. 9. 

Gardiner Lodge, No. 9, was instituted at Gardiner, June 10, 
1874, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master, assisted by the Grand 
Officers. 

The charter members were Frank H. Baker, S. K. Weymouth, 
Amos Baker, J. M. Smith, A. J. Hooker, F. A. Nudd, G. M. 
Wentworth, A. K. P. Strout, M. S. Wadsworth, and George A. 
Oliver. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

M. S. Wadsworth, N. G., A. K. P. Strout, V. G., F. H. Ba- 
ker, Secretary, C. H. Partridge, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, .... 43 

Number of brothers relieved, 2 

Number of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief, . $52.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 59 

Invested fund " " $146.75 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 47 

Norway Lodge, No. 16. 

Norway Lodge, No. 16, was instituted at Norway, August 12, 
1874, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master, assisted by the Grand 
Officers. 

The charter members were John L. Home, M. M. Fuller, James 
Danforth, George A. Cole, William H. Jewett, Horace Cole, 0. M. 
Cummings, A. E, Dennison, C. M. Smith, S. F. Sargent, O.JA. 
Bradbury, A. G. Charles, Ai J. Rowe, S. G. Hatch, H. C. Oxnard, 
W. H. Whitcomb, E. C. Andrews, J. A. Dennison, H. M. Bean, 
F. H. Sargent, G. P. Rowe, C. E. Evans, Joseph Churchill, A. 
B. Crockett. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

A. E. Dennison, N. G., H. M. Bearce, V. G., A. J. Rowe, Sec- 
retary, E. C. Andrews, Treasurer, W. H. Whitcomb, Permanent 
Secretary. 

Whole number initiated, , . . 78 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .13 

Number of brothers buried, . 3 

Total relief, . . , . $216.75 

Number of Members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 95 

Invested fund, " " . $1,124.95 



Mount Mica Lodge, No. 17. 

Mount Mica Lodge, No. 17, was instituted at South Paris, July 
9, 1874, by 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master, assisted by S. K. 
Dyer, Grand Treasurer, C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain, and other 
Past Grands. 

The charter members were William J. Wheeler, Isaac Bounds, 
W. K. Shurtleff, N. D. Bolster, C. M. Morgan, C. E. Richardson, 
Charles Morse, B. F. Doten, J. H. Dunham, J. C. Perry, and L. 
S. Billings. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

William J. Wheeler, N. G., R. F. Doten, V. G., N. D. Bolster, 
Secretary, J. H. Dunham, Treasurer, H. Smith, Permanent Sec- 
r etary . 



48 



HISTORY OF 




Whole number initiated, . 


72 


Number of brothers relieved, . 


16 


Total relief, . 


. $289.00 


Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, 


78 


Invested fund, " '' 


$1,156.34 



Good Cheer Lodge, No, 37. 

Good Cheer Lodge, No. 37, was instituted at Guilford, Septem- 
ber, 24, 1874, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by 
Joshua Davis, G. Secretary, E. A. Buck, G. Marshal, and others. 

The charter members were George W. Pratt, Charles Foss, John 
F. Sprague, Edward Savanton, C. P. Cass, J. C. Bishop, and T. 
H. Brown. 

Officers for the term commencing January 1, 1875. 

G. W. Pratt, N. G., A.W. Ellis, Y. G., E. T. Pond, Secretary, 
M. L. Hussey, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, .... 70 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 9 
Total relief, .... $190.00 

Number of members Dee. 31, 1876, . . .79 

Invested fund, " " . . $652.62 



Crescent Lodge, No, 25, 

Crescent Lodge, No. 25, was instituted at North Lovell, Octo- 
ber 16, 1874, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, S. K. Dyer Grand Treasurer, E. 
A. Buck, Grand Marshal, and Past Grands, Read, McAllaster, 
Blake, Littlefield, and others. 

The charter members were George M. Harriman, Benjamin 
Palmer, John C. Sawyer, William Hazeltine, U. G. Palmer, E. 
Wesley Hill, H. C. McKeen, and S. C. McAllaster. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

E. W. Hill, N. G., G. N. Harriman, V. G., G. W. Spears, Sec- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 49 

retary, S. C. McAllaster, Treasurer, C. E. Clark, Permanent Sec- 
retary. 

Whole number initiated, * 45 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 4 

Number of brothers buried, ... 2 

Total relief, .... $49.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 50 

Invested fund, " $127.00 



Monami Lodge, No. 40. 

Monami Lodge, No. 40, was instituted at Mechanic Falls, Nov- 
ember 20, 1874, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, S. K. Dyer, G. Treasurer, E. A. 
Buck, Grand Marshal, E. McAllaster, G. Herald, H. P. Cox, G. 
Guardian, and others. 

The charter members were George L. Reed, William Whitney, 
Alvin Reed, Frank A. Miller, C. H. Dwinal, and D. N. McCann. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

Alvin Reed, N. G., D. N. McCann, V. G., George L. Reed, 
Secretary, William Whitney, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, . . . , 102 

Number of widowed families relieved, . . 11 

Number of brothers buried, .... 1 

Total relief, . . . . $185.00 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, , . 112 

Invested fund, " " . $2,042.41 



Star of Hope Lodge, No. 42. 

Star of Hope Lodge, No. 42, was instituted at Vinal Haven, 
Nov. 23, 1874, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, and others. 

The charter members were Martin H. Kiff, John A. Miller, John 
Low, William H. Johnson, and A. A. Beaton. 

Officers were installed as follows : 
4 



50 HISTORY OF 

A. A. Beaton, N. G., John Lowe, V. G., M. T. Fitzsiminonds, 
Secretary, John A. Miller, Treasurer. 

Whole number initiated, . . . . 45 

Number of brothers relieved, * . . 4 

Number of brothers buried, ... 2 

Total relief, $513.40 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 73 

Invested fund, " " . . $49.00 



Eagle Lodge, No. 47, 

Eagle Lodge, No. 47, was instituted at North Berwick, January 
20, 1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by E. P. 
Parcher, D. G. M., Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, H. P. Cox, 
G. Guardian, and others. 

The charter members were Samuel H. Littlefield, L. B. Grant, 
George E. Littlefield, Howard S. Hall, C. W. Littlefield, and W. 
H. Littlefield. 

Whole number initiated, . . . 81 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 7 
Total relief, .... $56.00 

Number of members Dee. 31, 1876, . . .66 

Invested fund, " " . . $434.51 



Highland Lodge, No. 48. 

Highland Lodge, No. 48, was instituted at Limerick, January 
21, 1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master assisted by E. P. 
Parcher, Deputy Grand Master, and others. 

The charter members were Ira S. Libby, R. B. Billings, Edwin 
Cobb, William W. Mason, Joseph Dudley, Joseph Chadbourne, 
J. B. Gilpatrick, C. B. Hill, E. H. Townsend, and E. Hanson. 

Whole number initiated, .... 37 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .46 

Invested fund, " " . $220.00 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 51 

Mariners Lodge, No. 53. 

Mariners Lodge, Fo. 53, was instituted at Bristol, March 11, 
1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by Joshua Da- 
vis, Grand Secretary, S. G. Hills, D. D. G. Master, and others. 

The charter members were J. E. Nichols, Leander Morton, M. 
P. Rhodes, J. A. Keen, W. C. Thompson, Alex. Thompson, Jr., 
George W. Hinds, and J. H. Murphy. 

Whole number initiated, .... 20 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, , .28 

Invested fund, " " . $416.53 



Oxford Lodge, No. 61. 

Oxford Lodge, No. 61, was instituted at North Waterford, 
March 24, 1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by 
B. C. Stone, Grand Warden, Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, and 
others. 

The charter members were H. M. Fiske, N. D. Faunce, H. P. 
Elliott, Jonathan Bartlett, George W. Woodbury, B. E. Wood- 
worth, J. L. Beckler, Sylvester Abbott, D. G. Brackett, F. M. 
Mosher, T. L. Proctor, Aaron Page, and E. M. Bartlett. 

Whole number initiated, . 41 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 9 

Number of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief . . . . . $246.00 

Number of members, December 31, 1876, . 54 



Abou Ben Adhem Lodge, No. 23. 

Abou Ben Adhem Lodge, No. 23, was instituted at Auburn, 
March 30, 1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, H. P. Cox, G. Guardian, Hiram 
Snow, D. D. G. M., and others. 



52 HISTORY OF 

The charter members were Isaac A. Johnson, John D. Johnson 
Henry L. Johnson, Enoch Perkins, George F. Stetson, G. B. 
Briggs, C. M. Landers, N. D. Donovan, M. W. Penley, C. S. 
Yeaton, J. F. Cook, G. E. Cook, C. A. Merrill, N. H. Landers, 
E. C. Noyes, L. N. Reynolds, George H. Glover, H. E. Penley, 
Henry A. Noyes, Phillip Briggs, and A. W. Swett. 

Whole number initiated, .... 79 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .12 

Number of widowed families relieved , 1 
Number of brothers buried, . ... 1 

Total relief, .... $243.30 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, . 86 

Invested fund, " " . 678.11 



Saco Valley Lodge, No. 43. 

Saco Valley Lodge, No. 43, was instituted at West Buxton, 
June 9, 1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by E. 
P. Parcher, D. G. Master, Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, S. K. 
Dyer, Grand Treasurer, and others. 

The charter members were, J. Burnham Davis, Wm. Scott, 
Thomas Bradbury, Jr., T. T. Graham, A. H. Barnes, Howard F. 
Hill, Jr., R. Pollock, John Sullivan, Christopher Scott, Jr., James 
Luke, E. Bragdon, and George Dockman. 

Whole number initiated, .... 94 

Number of brothers relieved, . . ,9 

Number of widowed families relieved, , . 9 

Total relief, . $106.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 73 

Invested fund, " " . . . $6970.1 



Fryeburg Ldge, No. 49. 

Fryeburg Lodge, No. 49, was instituted at Fryeburg, July 17, 
1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by B. C. Stone, 
G. Warden, Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary, and others. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 53 

The charter members were, Chas. Waterhouse, Jr., Charles 
Chandler, D. M. Brenin, D. G. Brackett, Samuel Knox, F. F. 
Hutchins, W. W. Walker, Dexter Charles, H. D. Hutchins, G. H. 
Walker, Byron E, Hutchins, M. Q. Berrin, A. P. Gordon, C. W. 
Pike, U. B. Hardy, B. E. Charles, S. H. Chandler, W. B. Hutch- 
ins, J. H. Hardy. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

Charles Waterhouse, Jr., N. G. ? H. D. Hutchins, V. G., Sam- 
uel Knox, Secretary. 

Whole number initiated, .... 41 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 9 

Total relief, $176.40 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . .63 



Belfast Lodge, No. 41. 

Belfast Lodge, No. 41, was instituted at Belfast, August 4, 
1874, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by Joshua 
Davis, G. Secretary, E. A. Buck, G. Marshal, and others. 

The charter members were, Wm. W. Castle, F. A. Follett, A. 
R. Carter, C. J. Gray, J. B. Smith, and E. A. Staples. 

Whole number initiated, .... 76 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 3 
Total relief, . . . . $60.00 

Number of members, December 31, 1376, . 82 

Invested fund, " " . $1,392.51 



Knox Lodge, No, 29. 

Knox Lodge, No. No. 29, was instituted at Rockland, August 
5, 1875, by F. M. Laughton, Grand Master, assisted by Joshua 
Davis, G. Secretary, E. A. Buck, Grand Marshal, S. G. Hills, D. 
D. G. Master, and others. 

The charter members were, J. W. Smalley, C. A. Libby, G. 0. 
Payson, G. H. Dunton, and B. II. Burpee. 



54 HISTORY or 

Whole number initiated, . . . 19 

Number of brothers relieved, . •. . .1 

Total relief, $2.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 26 



Echo Lodge, No. 52. 

Echo Lodge, No. 52, was instituted at Berwick, January 14, 
1876, by B. C. Stone, Grand Master, assisted by Joshua Davis, 
Grand Secretary, D. W. Nash, Grand Treasurer, Frank L. Berry, 
D. D. G. Master, and others. 

The charter members were, J. E. Lord, H. H. Rich, C. C. Went- 
worth, John C. Hurd, A. B. Spencer, C. H. Home, J. H. Sell- 
ings, James L. Stone, Nahum Hurd, Frank Wellingford, F. P. 
Goodrich, B. C. Clark, Darius Blake, Leander Babb, Ephraim 
Morrell, B. F. Stanley, C. M. Guptill, L. K. Brackett, C. H. 
Worster, Horace B. Ford, Wm. F. Libby, C. M. Hubbard, B. F. 
Bragdon, Charles Bragdon, J. W. Babb, G. W. McGrilley, H. J. 
Austin, John E. Frost, James A. Winn ; W. L. Goodrich, G. W. 
Shillings, and Hollis Guptill. 

Whole number initiated, .... 27 

Number of brothers relieved, . . . .2 

Number of brothers buried, ... 1 

Total relief, .' . . . . $66.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . . 60 

Invested fund, " " . . $727.00 



West Paris Lodge, No, 15. 

West Paris Lodge, No. 15, was instituted at West Paris, March 
15, 1876, by B. C. Stone, Grand Master, assisted by Joshua 
Davis, G. Secretary, D. W. Nash, G. Treasurer, and others. 

The charter members were, C. M. Morgan, A. C. Curtis, E. D. 
Andrews, J. H. Dunham, Hannibal Curtis, A. J. Townsend, L. D. 
Stacy, W. W. Dunham, W. C. Mooney, T. R. Chase, A. Judson 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 55 

Curtis, Alonzo Felt, G. G. Dow, A. S. Curtis, S. B. Curtis, Leroy 
Benson, James Bradford, P. B. Warren, Daniel Day, J. W. Ad- 
drews, A. D. Bryant, C. D. Fickett, L. E. Gilman, Seth Benson, 
H. Starbird, and G. W. Bryant. 

Whole number initiated, .... 44 

Number of brothers relieved, .... 2 

Total relief, $64.00 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, . .73 

Invested fund, " " . $245.73 



Degree Lodges. 

At the annual session of the Grand Lodge, held in May, 1844, 
the following resolution was adopted : 

" Resolved, That it is expedient for this Grand Lodge to grant charters for the 
organization of Degree Lodges, upon petition duly authorized by vote of such 
Lodges as may be desirous of uniting for the purpose of conferring degrees, and 
that the sum charged for such charters shall be ten dollars, to be paid to the 
Grand Lodge. 

Union Degree Lodge, No. 1, was instituted at Bangor, in 1845. 
Union Degree Lodge, No. 2, was instituted at Augusta, the same 
year. Neither of these Lodges ever made any report to the Grand 
Lodge. In 1848, a committee to whom the subject of Degree 
Lodges, had been referred, reported to the Grand Lodge, as follows : 

" That in the opinion of your committee, it is inexpedient for the Grand Lodge 
to grant charters for Degree Lodges, and would recommend that the Degree 
Lodges now holding charters be permitted to surrender the same to the Grand 
Lodge, or the Grand Master." 

The report was adopted. No further action has been taken in 
the matter. 



Degree Lodges— Daughters of Rebekah. 

Naomi Lodge, No. 1, was instituted at Saccarappa, in 1869. 
The following Lodges were instituted in 1870 : Saco Lodge, No. 
2, at Saco ; Esther Lodge, No. 3, at Biddeford ; Fidelity Lodge, 
No. 4, at Lewiston. 



56 HISTORY OF 

Ivy Lodge, No. 3, was instituted at Portland, October, 1871, 
with 75 charter members. The number of this Lodge was subse- 
quently change to No. 5. In 1873, Judith Lodge No. 6, was in- 
stituted at Lovell, and Evangeline Lodge, No. 7, at Bridgton. 
Ray of Hope Lodge, No. 8, was instituted at North Berwick, 
Nov. 17, 1875, with 29 charter members ; Charity Lodge, No. 9, 
was instituted at Norway, Jan. 18, 1876, with 20 charter members ; 
Aurora Lodge, No. 10, was instituted at Belfast, April 26, 1876, 
with 48 charter members ; Myrtle Lodge, No. 11, was instituted 
at Vinalhaven, June 30, 1876, with 31 charter members ; Julian 
Lodge, No. 12, was instituted at Fryeburg Centre, July 6, 1876, 
with 33 charter members, 



HISTORY 



OF 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 



GRAND LODGE. 



The first organization of a Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., in Maine, 
took place on the 18th of March, 1844, in Portland. 

The meeting was called to order by George W. Churchill, Dis- 
trict Deputy Grand Sire, who after stating the object, authorized 
brother Albert Guild, District Deputy Grand Sire of Massachu- 
setts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, to officiate at the organ- 
ization of the Grand Lodge. 

The petitioners for the dispensation then answered to their names, 
as follows : 

David Robinson, Jr., of Maine Lodge, No. 1. 

James N. Winslow, " " 

George W. Churchill, Saco 

George W. Warren, " " 

James Smith, " " 

Lucius H. Chandler, " Georgian 

Edward P. Banks, " Anc't Bros. " 4. 

John D. Kinsman, " Ligonia " " 5. 

The dispensation was then read and the Grand Lodge declared 
duly organized. 



2. 



o. 



58 HISTORY OF 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to election of officers for the 
ensuing year, with the following result : 

George W. Churchill, Grand Master. 
Lucius H. Chandler, Deputy Grand Master. 
James Smith, Grand Warden. 
David Robinson, Jr., Grand Secretary. 
J. 1ST. Winslow, Grand Treasurer. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 4 o'clock, P. M. 



4 o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Lodge met persuant to adjournment. 

Past Grand Edward P. Banks, was appointed Grand Marshal, 
and Past Grand, George W. Warren, was appointed Grand 
Guardian. District Deputy Grand Sire Guild, then delivered the 
charges, and administered the obligations to the officers elect, after 
which they were inducted into their respective chairs. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 5 o'clock, P. M. 

On re-assembling the side degrees were conferred upon the 
members of the Grand Lodge. 

The constitution and by-laws of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- 
setts, were adopted for the government of the Grand Lodge, until 
otherwise ordered. 

A committee, consisting of Past Grands, Kinsman, Smith and 
Banks, were appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws. 

Past Grands Winslow, Banks, Warren and Churchill, were ap- 
pointed a committee to draft a constitution for Subordinate Lodges. 

These committees were requested to report at the quarterly ses- 
sion in May. 

Voted, That the annual term of this R. W. Grand Lodge commence on the first 
Thursday in August. 

On motion of Past Grand Banks, it was 

Voted, That new Lodges which are organized on that portion of the term, when 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 59 

a majority of the time has expired shall continue its present officers into so 
much of the next term as will allow of their serving seven regular weeks in their 
respective chairs, and the next succeeding elected officers, shall fill up the re- 
mainder of the term ; this regulation to apply only to the two terms. 

Adjourned to meet at a quarter past seven o'clock. Upon re- 
assembling it was voted to pay D. D. Grand Sire Guild, twelve 
dollars for his services ; also, that the Grand Secretary, be au- 
thorized to hire one hundred dollars for the Grand Lodge, and give 
a note for one year for the same. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned. 



SPECIAL SESSION. 

Portland, April 10, 1844. 

Present — George W. Churchill, Grand Master ; James Smith, 
Grand Warden ; David Robinson, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Marshal, and Past Grand John D. Kinsman, 
Rep., from Ligonia Lodge, No. 5. 

The Grand Lodge degree was conferred on the following Past 
Grands, viz. : 

J. G. Sawyer, of Sabattus Lodge, No. 6 ; T. 0. Goold, of An- 
cient Brothers Lodge, No. 4 ; T. C. Hersey, of Ligonia Lodge, 
No. 5, and E. Wheeler, Jr., of Maine Lodge, No. 1. 

T. C. Hersey, was appointed Grand Conductor. 

J. G. Sawyer, was appointed Grand Guardian. 

A communication from Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, was read and re- 
ferred to a special committee, consisting of Past Grands Bmks, 
Hersey and Wheeler. 

Past Grands Robinson, Wheeler, Goold and Kinsman, were ap- 
pointed a committee to procure a seal for the Grand Lodge. 

Voted, That members of this Grand Lodge be allowed to wear Past Grands or 
Encampment Regalia. The Grand Secretary was directed to notify Subordinate 
Lodges, that a constitution for their government will be adopted in May. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 



60 HISTORY OF 

QUARTERLY SESSION. 

Portland, May 2, 1844. 

Present — George AY. Churchill, Grand Master ; James Smith, 
Grand Warden; David Robinson, Jr., Grand Secretary; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Marshal ; J. G. Sawyer, Grand Guardian ; and 
representatives from two Lodges. 

The Grand Conductor resigned his office, and Past Grand T. 0. 
Goold, was appointed to fill the vacancy. The Deputy Grand 
Master being absent, Past Grand T. C. Hersey, was appointed 
Deputy Grand Master, pro tern. 

Certificates of election were presented and referred to the com- 
mittee on elections and returns, who reported that the following 
brothers were duly elected Representatives to the Grand Lodge, 
for the remainder of the year : 

George Prince, of Georgian Lodge, No. 3. 

Edward S. J. Neally, Jr., of Lincoln Lodge, No. 10. 

The committee on elections and returns, reported that the Rep- 
resentative from Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, appeared without his 
credentials. 

After some explanation from the Grand Master, (stating that 
the Representative expected his credentials by mail,) it was 

Voted, That Past Grand S. Thatcher, Jr., be allowed to take a seat in this Grand 
Lodge, as Representative from Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, provided, that in future 
no Representative be allowed to take his seat without first presenting his creden- 
tials in due form. 

The Grand Master submitted his first quarterly communication. 
He congratulated the Representatives " upon the increasing and 
prosperous condition of the Order throughout the whole of our 
jurisdiction." He called attention to the almost unparalled degree 
of health which had prevailed ; not a single death had occurred 
among the members since the first establishment of the Order in 
this State. 

He called attention to a degree of obscurity, which seemed to 
exist upon the subject of balloting for members, and recommended 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 61 

that points should be more clearly defined ; whether a Lodge can 
re-consider a ballot ; under what circumstances, if any, a ballot 
may be set aside ; and whether a Lodge is bound to recognize no- 
tices of rejection from other Lodges, in cases where it is not speci- 
fied whether the rejection is made upon constitutional objections. 
He recommended that in the constitution for Subordinates, a spec- 
ial provision be made for the accumulation of a widow and orphan 
fund. 

He suggested that it would be expedient to have all traveling 
cards and cards of clearance issued by the Grand Lodge ; also, 
whether it may not be practicable to confine the use of Lodge seals 
to official documents only. He recommended that regular charters 
from this Grand Lodge be issued to such Lodges as are working 
under dispensations from the Grand Lodge of the United States. 
He urged the necessity of the most rigid economy, and that the 
Grand Lodge should be exceedingly cautious in expenditures, and 
not get involved in debt which, at some future time, can only be 
liquidated by onerous taxes upon Subordinates. 

Charters were granted to Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, located at 
Saccarappa Village, Westbrook ; Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12, lo. 
cated at Bangor ; Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13, at Brunswick. 

Permission was granted to Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, to have a pub- 
lic procession on the fourth of July next, and to Maine Lodge, No. 
1, to have a public procession August 1st. It was 

Voted, That any Lodge may have a public procession during the recess of the 
Grand Lodge, by consent of the Most Worthy Grand Master. 

Past Grand E. P. Banks, from the committee appointed at the 
special session to whom were referred the Resolves from Sabattis 
Lodge, No. 6, reported progress, and requested time for further 
consideration, which was granted. 

The following are the resolutions referred to : 

Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, Augusta, April q, 1S44. 
Whereas, It should be the effort of every good Odd Fellow, both by precept 
and example, in every position to which he may be called by the voice of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows in the State, to use his utmost exertion for the 



62 HISTORY OF 

promotion of such principles as shall elevate the character and best promote the 
welfare of the Order within the precints to which he may be attached, therefore, 

Resolved, That in the opinion of the members of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, I. O. 
O. F., it should be the duty of such past officers as shall be called to constitute 
the Grand Lodge of the Order in this State, to use every method consistent with 
the maintenance of the true dignity of Odd Fellowship, to conduct the fiscal af- 
fairs of the Grand Lodge of Maine, in such manner as shall allow the general re- 
ceipts of all the Subordinate Lodges in this State, to enure to such purposes, and 
in such way, as shall best enable said Lodges to perform their charitable pledges 
for the relief of their distressed and afflicted brethren. 

Resolved, That the true object of a State Grand Lodge, should be to lessen the 
exactions heretofore required by the Grand Lodge of the United States, and 
cause to revert to their natural channels, all the receipts of the Subordinate 
Lodges in this State. 

Resolved, That the members of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, are willing to contri- 
bute of their receipts for the support of the Grand Lodge in this State, five per 
cent, of a*ll initiation fees and ten cents for each Degree that shall hereafter be 
conferred by this Lodge ; but that they will exert themselves to the utmost with 
every Lodge in this State, to counteract every extravagance which cannot be sus- 
tained by the before mentioned tribute. 

Resolved, That the Secretary cause to be printed or written, the requisite num- 
ber of these resolves, to supply each Lodge in this State with a copy, and, also, 
that our Past Grand cause the same to be laid before the Grand Lodge of Maine. 

Read and passed. 

Attest: Benjamin A. G. Fuller, 

Secretary. 

Past Grand G. Prince, from Georgian Lodge, No. 3, stated 
that his Lodge concurred in the sentiments expressed in the above 
resolves. 

Representatives from Lodges No's. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7, stated that 
the resolves from Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, were laid on the table in 
their several Lodges. 

Past Grand J. Smith, from Saco Lodge, No. 2, presented the 
following resolutions, which were read and placed on file. 

Saco Lodge, No. 2, Saco, May 2, 1844. 
To the Most Worthy Officers and Brothers of the Grand Lodge of Maine : 

Brothers : A communication from Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, respecting the per- 
centage of quarterly dues and initiation fees, &c, has been received, and the fol- 
lowing action taken : 

Whereas, It is known that the percentage of the subordinate Lodges due the 
Grand Lodge of the United States is a subject over which the Grand Lodge of 
this State has no control whatever, therefore, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 63 

Resolved, That in the opinion of the members of this Lodge, the time has not 
arrived for any action to be had by the subordinate Lodges, in regard to the 
above mentioned percentage. 

Resolved, That we consider it no more than acting in good faith towards the 
members of the Grand Lodge of this State, to allow them a reasonable time to 
ascertain what the wants of the Grand Lodge will be before we ask them to re- 
duce the dues from subordinate Lodges. 

Resolved, That our Secretary transmit a copy of these resolutions to Sabattis 
Lodge, and cause the same to be laid before the Grand Lodge of this State. 

A true copy. 

Attest : Jonathan W. Ward, 

Secretary, pro tern. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned until 7 o'clock. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Present — The regular officers, except the Deputy Grand Master 
and Grand Treasurer. 

Past Grand T. C. Hersey was appointed Deputy Grand Master, 
pro tern. 

The Grand Secretary was directed to purchase one copy of the 
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the United States, for the use 
of this Grand Lodge. 

The constitution, by-laws and rules of order as reported by the 
committee, were then taken up and acted upon by sections, and 
after considerable discussion and several amendments, adopted. 

Past Grand J. G. Sawyer of No. 6, gave notice that he should 
move to amend Art. 5, sec. 2, of the law of the Grand Lodge by 
striking out the words "such per centum as the Grand Lodge may 
require," and inserting instead thereof the words five per cent, 
on all amounts received for initiations, and ten cents on each de- 
gree." 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 10 o'clock of the next day. 



Friday, May 3, 10 o'clock. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 



64 HISTORY OF 

Present — The Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Mar- 
shal, Grand Guardian and representatives from three Lodges. 

Past Grand T. C. Hersey was appointed Deputy Grand Master, 
pro tern, and Past Grand S. Thacher, Jr., was appointed Grand 
Warden, pro tern. 

The report of the committee on a constitution for the govern- 
ment of subordinate Lodges was read and acted upon by sections. 

Past Grand G. Prince, representative from No. 3, moved to 
amend Art. 2, seel, clause 1, by striking out the following words. 

"A Supreme Being, Creator, Preserver and Governor of all 
things." A vote by representation was called for, and the result 
was as follows, viz : 

Yeas — Georgian, No. 3, 1. Total, 1. Nays — Maine, No. 1, 
1 ; Saco, No. 2, 1 ; Ancient Brothers, No. 4, 1 ; Ligonia, No. 5, 
1 ; Sabattis, No. 6, 1 ; Penobscot, No. 7, 1 ; Lincoln, No. 10, 1. 
Total T. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned until half past 2 o'clock, P. M. 



May 3, 2J o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Present — The same officers as at the morning session. 

Proceeded to the consideration of the constitution for the gov- 
ernment of subordinate Lodges, which, after some discussion and 
several amendments, was adopted. 

Past Grand G. Prince, gave notice that he should at the next 
meeting make a motion to amend Art. 2, sec. 1 of the constitution 
of the Grand Lodge, by adding the following words, " and their 
travelling and other incidental expenses be paid out of the funds of 
the Grand Lodge." 

[This refers to the Representatives to the Grand Lodge.] 

Past Grands Nealley, Thatcher and Prince were appointed a 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 65 

committee for the purpose of dividing the State into districts, and 
report at the next session. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 21 P. M., July 31st. 



Portland, July 31, 1844. 

The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 

Present — The Grand Master and Grand Secretary, and a rep- 
resentation from three Lodges. 

There not being a quorum present, the Grand Lodge adjourned 
until 6 o'clock, P. M. 



6 o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 

On the roll being called the following representatives answered 
to their names : 

G. W. Churchill, D. Robinson, Jr., S. Thatcher, Jr., T. 0. 
Goold and E. P. Banks. 

There not being a quorum present, the Grand Lodge adjourned 
until 9 o'clock, A. M., August 1st. 



Portland, August 1, 1844. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Present — George W. Churchill, Grand Master, D. Robinson, Jr., 
Grand Secretary, J. K. Winslow, Grand Treasurer. 

The Grand Master appointed S. Thatcher, Jr., Deputy Grand 
Master, pro tern. ; E. S. J. Nealley, Grand Warden, pro tern. ; 
and E. Wheeler, Jr., Grand Guardian, pro tern. 

The committee on resolves from Sabattis Lodge, No 6, and Saco 
Lodge, No. 2, submitted the following report, which was referred 
to the next regular session : 

Grand Lodge of Maine, I. O. O. F. 

'Portland, July $lst t 1S44. 
The special committee to whom was referred the communication and resolves 

5 



66 HISTORY OF 

from Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, and Saco Lodge, No. 2, have had the subject un- 
der consideration, and ask leave to report : 

a That they fully concur with the sentiments expressed from No. 6, viz : that 
the fiscal affairs of this Grand Lodge should be conducted in such a manner as 
to allow the receipts of subordinate Lodges to enure to such purposes and in 
such ways as shall enable them to perform their charitable pledges." 

Your committee are fully aware of the necessity of adopting this course of poli- 
cy. They would, however, beg leave to present to this body, and to the order 
generally, the following statement of our present liabilities — an estimate of the 
expenses of the current year, together with a statement of our present and pro- 
spective ability to meet these demands. The Grand Lodge can then determine 
as to the correctness of the conclusions to which the committee have arrived. 

STATEMENT OF OUR PRESENT LIABILITIES. 

Due Maine Lodge, money loaned, $100.00 

Six months interest on the same, 3.00 

Six moilths salary of Grand Secretary, 25.00 

Printing reports, Constitution, &c, 70.25 

Binding " " 6.63 

Six months rent of hall for use of Grand Lodge, 5.00 

J. N. Winslow, 2.87 

Grand Master for Postage, 4.02 

Grand Secretary, for Stationery, Postage, &c, 42.59 

Sundries, 9.62 

Total amount of liabilities, $268.98 

ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR THE COMING YEAR. 

Grand Secretary's salary, 50.00 
Two Grand Representatives to Grand Lodge of United 

States, $35.00 each, 70.00 
Two votes in the Grand Lodge of United States, $20.00 each, 40.00 

Printing Reports, Stationery, &c, 100.00 

Rent, 25.00 

Sundries, 10.00 



Total amount for the year, $295.00 

In all amounting to, $563.98 

To meet this amount there is now in the hands of the Grand 

Treasurer, i87-79 

Leaving a deficit to be provided for by the Grand Lodge of, 376.19 

$563.98 

Another item, which wilt be attended with some expense to the Grand Lodge 9 
will be the procuring a charter for subordinates. The committee to whom that 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 67 

subject was referred, will lay before you the result of their deliberations ; and if 
the Grand Lodge adopt the suggestion of that committee, at least one hundred 
dollars will have to be provided for. Again, there is now a proposition before 
the Grand Lodge, to pay the traveling and other incidental expenses of its mem- 
bers. Should this amendment be adopted, no one can fail to perceive that the 
receipts of the Grand Lodge must be very materially augmented, in order to 
meet this new call upon the funds. 

Tfyere are but two sources to which we can look for means to meet these de- 
mands upon the treasury of the Grand Lodge, both of which are uncertain as to 
the amount of aid they will afford. The first is the amount of aid which may be 
received from new charters, at thirty dollars each ; the second is the amount 
which may be received from subordinate Lodges, as percentage upon their re- 
ceipts. Your committee in view of the whole subject, would recommend, that for 
the present year, subordinate Lodges be required to pay 10 per cent, of their re- 
ceipts to the Grand Lodge. 

All which is respectfully submitted 

Edward P. Banks, 
Edward Wheeler, Jr, 

Committee. 

The committee on procuring a Seal for the Grand Lodge, re- 
ported that they had attended to the duty assigned them. The 
report was accepted and the seal was adopted. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 



FIRST ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August, 1st, 1844. 

The Grand Lodge convened and was opened in due form. 

Present — The Grand Master and Grand Secretary, and a rep- 
resentation from five Lodges. 

Certificates of election of representatives to the Grand Lodge, to 
serve until the annual session in August, 1845, were presented 
from the following Lodges, and found to be correct : 

Maine No. 1, D. Robinson, Jr., J. N. Winslow, E. Wheeler, Jr., 
James Pratt ; Saco, No. 2, G. W. Churchill, J. Smith, S. Webster ; 
Ancient Brothers, No. 4, E. P. Banks, B. Kingsbury, Jr. ; Ligo- 
nia, No, 5, RufusRead; Sabattus, No. 6, William R. Smith ; Pe- 
nobscot, No. 7, S. Thatcher, Tr. : Relief, No. 8, N. C. Fletcher; 



68 HISTORY OF 

Lincoln, No. 10, E. S. J. Nealley, N. Walker ; Cushnoc, No. 14, 
William B. Hartwell. 

The Representatives in waiting were then introduced, duly qual- 
ified and took their seats as representatives from the following Lodg- 
es, viz. 

Maine, No. 1, J. Pratt; Saco, No. 2, S. Webster; Ancient 
Brothers, No. 4, B. Kingsbury, Jr. ; Ligonia, No. 5, R. Read ; 
Sabattis, No. 6, W. R. Smith ; Relief, No. 8, N. C. Fletcher ; 
Lincoln, No. 10, N. Walker ; Cushnoc, No. 14, William B. Hart- 
well. 

The Grand Master submitted his report, showing the transactions 
for the year. Five new Lodges had been instituted, three by vir- 
tue of charters granted at the last session, and two by dispensation 
granted by the Grand Master. 

Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, was organized by the Grand Sec- 
retary, Past Grand David Robinson, Jr., on the 22nd of May. 
Kenduskeag. No. 12, was organized by Past Grand Samuel Thatch- 
er, Jr., on the 23d of May. Pejepscot, No. 13, was organized 
by Past Grand Edward S. J. Nealley, on the 13th of June. 

Dispensation was granted on the 19th of June for a new Lodge 
at Augusta, to be hailed as Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, and the duty 
of opening and installing the officers was assigned to Past Grand 
John G. Sawyer. 

Dispensation was issued on the 21st of June, authorizing the es- 
tablishment of a Lodge at Belfast, to be hailed and known as Pas- 
sagassawakeag Lodge, No. 15 ; and said Lodge was instituted on 
the 29th of June, by Deputy Grand Master, L. H. Chandler. 

He recommended that the power for granting dispensations to 
open new Lodges, during the recess of the Grand Lodge, be regu- 
lated by law, and the powers of the Grand Master be clearly de- 
fined. He submitted the propriety of so amending the law and ex- 
tending its provisions as to enable Lodges to refund, if they should 
deem it expedient, any portion of money which has been paid by 
the petitioners for a new Lodge, whenever such Lodge has been es- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 69 

tablished. He recommended " that we begin, now, to provide for 
the establishment of an institution for the education of orphans.' ' 

The State was divided into Districts as follows : 

First District. The Counties of York and Oxford. 

Second District. The County of Cumberland, excepting the 
towns of Harpswell, Brunswick, Freeport and Durham. 

Third District. That portion of the County of Lincoln west 
of the Sheepscot River, and the towns of Harpswell, Brunswick, 
Freeport and Durham in Cumberland County. 

Fourth District. The Counties of Kennebec, Franklin and 
Somerset. 

Fifth District. The County of Waldo, and that portion of the 
County of Lincoln East of the Sheepscot River. 

Sixth District. The Counties of Penobscot, Piscataquis, Han- 
cock, Washington and Aroostook. 

The following officers were elected : 

James Pratt, M. W. Grand Master ; E. S. J. Nealley R. W. 
Deputy Grand Master ; S. Thatcher, Jr., R. W. Grand Warden ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., R. W. Grand Secretary ; J. N. Winslow, 
R. W. Grand Treasurer; N. C. Fletcher, Grand Chaplain. 

William R. Smith and George W. Churchill were elected Grand 
Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The Grand Lodge was then opened in 'the Scarlet Degree for 
the purpose of admitting Scarlet members to the installation of offi- 
cers. 

The Grand Officers were then installed. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 8 J o'clock P. M. 



8J o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge closed in the Scarlet Degree and opened in 
the usual form. 

The report of the committee to whom were referred the resolu- 



70 HISTORY OF 

tions of Sabattis Lodge, was called up and recommitted with in- 
structions. 

Charters were granted for Hobomok Lodge, No. 16, to be located 
at Bath, and Washington Lodge, No. 17, at Hallowell. 

The special committee on that subject submitted the following 
report which was adopted : 

That they approve of the suggestions of the Grand Master, and in accordance 
with this view would propose to amend said section by striking out the words "or 
between one Lodge and another, that may branch from it " and by adding the 
following provisio : Provided, however, that any subordinate Lodge may, by a 
vote of two-thirds of its members present at a regular meeting, refund to any 
new Lodge branching from it, and formed in another town, such portion of the 
funds paid in by the members composing the new Lodges, as it may deem expe- 
dient. 

E. S. J. Nealley, 
J. N. Win slow, 
Stephen Webster, 

Committee. 

The Grand Lodge voted to accept the invitation to join in a pro- 
posed celebration in Portland on the 23d instant. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 8 o'clock A. M., to-morrow. 



Friday morning, 8 o'clock. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The committee to whom was referred the resolves of Sabattis 
Lodge, No. 6, and Saco Lodge, No. 2, submitted the following res- 
olution which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge be required to pay the necessary traveling ex- 
penses of one representative from each subordinate Lodge, and also, that the 
amount of dues from subordinates be ten per cent, on all initiations, (the mini- 
num price for initiation fees to be fixed at $$,) and ten cents on each Degree con- 
ferred. But if, at the expiration of the year, it shall be ascertained that after liqui- 
dating all liabilities due from the Grand Lodge, a sum exceeding twenty-five 
dollars remain in the Treasury, it shall be placed to the credit of each subordi- 
nate Lodge, in offset of any portion due, in proportion to the sums they may have 
contributed. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That the Seals of the Lodges be used upon official documents only. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 71 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge issue regular charters to all those subordinate 
Lodges who are now acting under dispensations from the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, as soon as charters shall be provided. 

Resolved, That Lodges that have received charters from the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, be allowed to exchange the same for a charter from this Grand 
Lodge. 

Charters were granted to Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, and Passa- 
gassawakeag Lodge, No. 15. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That it is expedient for this Grand Lodge to grant charters for the 
organization of Degree Lodges, upon petition duly authorized by vote of such 
Lodges as may be desirous of uniting for the purpose of conferring degrees, and 
that the sum charged for such charters shall be ten dollars, to be paid to the 
tjrand Lodge. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock P. M. 



Friday, 2 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That full power be vested in the Most Worthy Grand Master, to fill 
any vacancy that may occur by resignation or otherwise, in the representation 
from this Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodge of the United States, at their annual 
meeting in Baltimore in September next. 

The Grand Master announced the following nominations of Dis- 
trict Deputy Grand Masters which were duly confirmed: 
District No. 1, James Smith, of Saco. 
" 2, Rufus Read, of Portland. 

3, E. S. J. Nealley, of Bath. 
" 4, William B. Hartwell, of Augusta. 
" 5, George Prince, of Thomaston. 
" 6, Charles Snell, of Bangor. 
The Grand Master announced the following appointments : 

William R. Smith, Grand Marshal ; M. Quimby, 2d Grand Guar- 
dian. 

A charter was granted for a new Lodge at Phipsburg. 



72 HISTORY OF 

The Treasurer's report was presented and accepted, by which it 
appears that he had received $250 ; paid out $62.21, and had on 
hand $187.79. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 



QUARTERLY SESSION. 

Portland, May 1, 1845. 
The Grand Lodge was opened in usual form. Present, James 
Pratt, Grand Master; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; 
William R. Smith, Grand Marshal ; Rufus Read was appointed 
Grand Warden, pro tern. 

The certificates of the following Past Grands were examined 
and the Grand Lodge Degree conferred upon them. 

Harris C. Barnes, John H. Williams, and Samuel Rolfe, of Maine 
Lodge, No. 1 ; James C. Lombard, Daniel M. Owen and George 
W. Quimby, of Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; M. F. Whittier and George 
W. Dam, of Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4 ; Andrew T. Dole 
and Charles W. Thomas, of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5 ; Charles Snell, 
of Penobscot Lodge, No. 7 ; Benjamin Shaw, Jr., of Natahnis 
Lodge, No. 9 ; George H. Gardner and Elisha Clarke, of Lincoln 
Lodge, No. 10 ; Sewall Brackett and 'George W. Partridge, of 
Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11 ; John S. Cushing, of Pejepscot Lodge, 
No. 13 ; H. W. Fairbanks, of Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14 ; Jacob S. 
Sewall, of Hobomok Lodge, No. 16 ; William H. Allen, of Orono 
Lodge, No. 18 ; Frederick W. Moores, of Somerset and Franklin 
Lodge, No. 21 ; C. C. Atwell, of Medomak Lodge, No. 22 ; 
George W. Dyer, of Schoodiac Lodge No. 23. 

The records were amended by striking out the word "minimum" 
and inserting the word " maximum " in the resolution relative to 
dues, so it shall read " the amount of dues from subordinates shall 
be ten percent, on all initiations, (the maximum price for initiating 
fees to be fixed at $5.00) and ten cents on each degree conferred. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 73 

William B. Hartwell, D. D. Grand Master presented a commu- 
nication from R W. Moores, appealing from the decision of Sa- 
battis Lodge, No. 6, in the matter of benefits alleged to be due 
him. 

It appeared that about the 29th of December last, Bro. Moores, 
and four others took withdrawal cards from Sabattis Lodge, and 
petitioned for a new Lodge at Mercer. Dispensation was issued 
and Somerset and Franklin Lodge, was instituted on the 13th of 
January following ; on the 2d of January he became ill and re- 
mained so for quite a length of time. 

He presented a claim on Sabattis Lodge for eleven days benefit, 
being the time from the 2d until the 13th of the month inclusive, 
the latter being the date of the institution of Somerset and Frank- 
lin Lodge. 

The communication was referred to a special committee, who re- 
ported that the committee "were of the opinion that the decision of 
Sabattis Lodge in withholding benefits from Brother Moores is er- 
roneous" and recommended the passage of the following resolution : 

Resolved, That a brother who withdraws from a Lodge for the purpose of form- 
ing a new Lodge, shall be entitled to all the benefits of the Lodge from which h e 
withdrew, until such time as he may be able (a reasonable time only being al- 
lowed,) to connect himself with a new Lodge. 

The report and resolution were laid on the table. 

A petition was presented for a new Lodge to be located at Ken- 
nebunk, to be called " Mousam Lodge, No. 26." Permission was 
granted. 

A petition signed by one hundred and twenty members of Maine 
Lodge, asking to be set off from Maine Lodge and of being allowed 
to form a new Lodge to be called " Portland Lodge," and at the 
same time receive their fair and just proportion of all the funds and 
properties of Maine Lodge, was presented. Among the reasons 
for this course, it wa3 urged that " Maine Lodge now consists of 
four hundred and forty-two members, being double the number of 
any other Lodge in the State, and is too large and un wieldly to 



74 HISTORY OF 

transact the Lodge business correctly, harmoniously, or even com- 
fortably." 

On motion of Past Grand T. C. Hersey, 

Voted, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge, that one Representative from 
each subordinate Lodge is entitled to fare by boat, or stage coach, or the cheapest 
conveyance, and his board while in attendance at the sessions of said Grand 
Lodge. 

The report on the appeal of F. W. Moores, was called up and 
accepted and the resolution adopted. 

Past Grand William R. Smith moved the following, as additional 
to the report, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That brothers, under the circumstances alluded to in the foregoing 
resolution, shall be amenable to the Lodge from which a card of clearance may be 
taken, in all matter in which, by its by-laws, such brothers are made subject to 
discipline. 

[The Grand Lodge of the United States, in 1846, decided, that 
the vote of a subordinate Lodge, granting a withdrawal card to a 
brother applying therefor, severs the connection of such brother 
with the Order, and relieves the Lodge granting it from all liability 
for benefits, whether the card be actually taken or not.] 

The Grand Master presented his report. Since the last meeting 
he had granted Dispensations for the formation of the following 
Lodges, viz : 

Hobomok Lodge, No. 16, 
Washington " 17, 
Orono " 18, 

Passamaquody " 19, 
Harrison " 20, 

Somerset & Franklin 21, 
Medomak " 22, 

Schoodiac " 23, 

Androscoggin " 24, 
Acadia " 25, 

Besides he had granted a dispensation for a Union Degree Lodge 
at Bangor. 



Hallowell, " 12, 


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Orono, " " 


a 


Eastport, Sept. 27, 


a 


Harrison, Oct. 3, 


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Mercer, Dec. 21, 


a 


Waldoboro, Jan. 20, 


1845 


Calais, 21, 


a 


Lewiston, Feb. 26, 


a 


Bangor, March 18, 


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ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 75 

The committee to whom was referred the petition of Past Grand 
David Robinson, Jr., and others, for a division of Maine Lodge, 
reported that the reasons set forth for division were not sufficient ; 
that 'the good of the order would not be promoted by any interfer- 
ence of the Grand Lodge ; and that the petitioners have leave to 
withdraw their petition. 

The Grand Lodge refused to adopt the report and recommenda- 
tion of the committee, and referred the whole subject to the next 
session of the Grand Lodge. 

Past Grand William R. Smith, submitted the following resolu- 
tions, which were adopted : 

Resolved, That the following part of clause I, Article 5, of the constitution of 
this Grand Lodge is hereby declared null and void, as being inconsistent with the 
laws established by the Grand Lodge of the United States, and that the same be 
stricken from the constitution, viz : " except the son of an Odd Fellow, who may 
be admitted at the age of twenty." 

Resolved, That the same provision in the 1st clause of Article 2, of the Consti- 
tution of subordinate Lodges be stricken out, and that the Grand Secretary be 
instructed to notify all the Subordinates in the State of the action of the Grand 
Lodge in this respect. 

The sixth District was divided and a seventh formed of the Coun- 
ties of Washington and Aroostook. 

The dispensations issued by the Grand Master to new Lodges 
during the recess were confirmed. 

The Grand Master announced Past Grand, S. S. Rawson, as 
District Deputy Grand Master for the seventh District. 

It was ordered that the sum of $112.76, be paid to the Repre- 
sentatives present at this session of the Grand Lodge, that being 
their actual expenses. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned, to May 16th. 



ADJOURNED SESSION 

Portland, May 16, 18-15. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
Present, James Pratt, Grand Master ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., 



76 HISTORY OP 

Grand Secretary ; J. N. Winslow, Grand Treasurer, and a con- 
stitutional quorum. 

E. P. Banks, was appointed Grand Warden, pro tern., and Ru- 
fus Read, Grand Marshal, pro tern. 

Past Grand, Francis Blake, was admitted as Representative from 
Harrison Lodge, No. 20. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Including the quarters ending October, 1844, and January and 
April, 1845. 

Number initiated, 1,465 ; Rejected, 147 ; Admitted by Card, 93 ; With- 
drawn by Card, 133; Expelled, 1 ; Suspended, 3 ; Reinstated, 2 ; Deaths, 
7; Number of contributing members, 2946 ; Amount of receipts, $19,- 
149.20. • • 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 7, 1845. 

Present, James Pratt, Grand Master ; S. Thatcher, Jr., Grand 
Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr,, Grand Secretary ; James N. 
Winslow, Grand Treasurer ; William R. Smith, Grand Marshal, 
and a constitutional quorum. 

The following Past Grands, were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree, viz : Charles F. Safford of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; George 
W. Nichols, of Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Charles F. Little, of Ancient 
Brothers Lodge, No. 4 ; Nathaniel F. Deering, and William P. 
Fessenden, of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5 ; Benj. A. G. Fuller, of Sa- 
battis Lodge, No. 6 ; Allen Haines, of Penobscot Lodge, No. 7 ; 
Moody E. Thurlow and William Battie, of Relief Lodge, No. 8 ; 
A. S. Harding, of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11 ; E. C. Smart and 
William T. Pearson, of Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12 ; John D. Co- 
burn, of Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13 ; Edward Fenno, of Cushnoc 
Lodge, No. 14 ; D. W. Lothrop, of Passagassawakeag Lodge, No. 
15 ; Thomas Bowles, of Hobomok Lodge, No. 16 ; James Atkins, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 77 

of Washington Lodge, No. 17 ; E. P. Butler, of Orono Lodge, 
No. 18 ; Edward Ilsley, of Passamaquoddy Lodge, No. 19 ; L. 
M. Stillman, of Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 21 ; John H. 
Kennedy, of Medomak Lodge, No. 22 ; Samuel H. Dale and W. 
A. Blake, of Acadia Lodge, No. 25 ; Hiram Emery, of Tarratine 
Lodge, No. 27. 

A charter was granted for a Lodge to be located at Camden 
to be styled " Lafayette Lodge, No. 31." 

Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, asked for the consent of the Grand 
Lodge to take an appeal to the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
from its decision in the case of Brother Moores, of No. 21, against 
that Lodge. 

The request was granted. 

The Grand Master, in his report, stated, that " the year past has 
been strongly marked with all the evidences of peace and prosper- 
ity. The Order has extended itself widely through the State, and 
has been everywhere received with kindness and favor." He call- 
ed attention to the importance of founding an institution of learning, 
where the children of Odd Fellows may receive an education gra- 
tuitously, in the event of their parents being removed by death, and 
recommended that some definite action be taken in the matter. 
He suggested the importance of inquiring into the expediency of 
frequent celebrations among subordinates, and further of establish- 
ing some regulations in regard to the wearing of regalia on occas- 
ions which take members before the public. He stated that he had 
given a charter voted by the Grand Lodge to Mousam Lodge, No. 
26 ; also that dispensations had been issued for Tarratine Lodge, 
No. 27, at Oldtown ; Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28, at South Ber- 
wick ; Katahdin Lodge, No. 29, at Dover ; Cumberland Lodge, 
No. 30, at Centre Bridgton. 

The special committee to whom was referred the consideration 
of expediency of establishing an institution for the education of or- 
phan children of deceased brothers of the Order in this State, sub- 
mitted a report, urging the establishing such an institution and pre- 
sented the following outlines of a plan for that purpose : 



78 HISTORY OF 

ist. That all the funds that may remain in the Treasury of the Grand Lodge 
of this State, after liquidating the expenses of the past year, together with the 
amount due from the subordinates to the Grand Lodge of the United States, be 
appropriated and invested for the final consummation of the great project of es- 
tablishing a school of charity for the education of indigent orphans of deceased 
Odd Fellows. 

2d. That after a rigid and economical administration of the financial affairs 
of the Grand Lodge, the annual overplus, together with what may remain in the 
Treasury unexpended from last year, be placed in the hands of Trustees, who 
shall give the necessary bonds, as an accumulating fund for this purpose. 

3d. That the members of subordinate Lodges, be invited to contribute annually 
for the benefit of this important enterprise, such sum as their means and benevo- 
lence may permit — the act and amount being entirely voluntary with the donor. 

4th. So soon as the necessary amount shall have been obtained for the erec- 
tion of a suitable and satisfactory edifice, and the wants of the Order shall require 
it, an asylum for the education of orphans shall be constructed in such location 
as shall be deemed by the Grand Lodge best calculated to effect the intentions 
and objects of this benevolent enterprise — the several subordinates contributing 
for its support and operation, in proportion to the number of orphan children 
claiming their protection, until the institution shall have become sufficiently en- 
dowed. 

5th. Its standard and character shall be such as to induce the patronage of ev- 
ery member of the Order in this State, who may have children to educate or im- 
prove in mental endowments. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That the report of the committee on the establishment of an Orphan 
Asylum, be printed forthwith, and that the Grand Secretary be directed to forward 
ten copies thereof to each Lodge in the State, and that the subject be referred to 
the next session of the Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That in view of the great importance of the establishment of an in- 
stitution for the education of the children of deceased Odd Fellows, the Grand 
Secretary be directed to issue a Circular, to accompany the report of the Com- 
mittee on that subject to the Lodges, requesting them to elect one Past Grand 
from each Lodge, who is a member of the Grand Lodge, to meet in committee at 
Portland, on the Tuesday preceding the annual session in May next, at ten o'clock 
A. M., whose duty it shall be to perfect and present a plan for the establishment 
of such an institution, and that each Lodge be required to pay the necessary ex- 
penses of the delegates elected. 

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 
James Pratt, Grand Master; William B. Hartwell, Deputy 
Grand Master ; George H. Gardiner, Grand Warden ; Benjamin 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer ; 
George W. Quimby, Grand Chaplain. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 79 

William R. Smith and Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand Represen- 
tatives to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

A charter was granted for a Degree Lodge at Augusta. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to Friday at 8 o'clock A. M. 



Friday, 8 o'clock, a. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment, and was 
opened in due form. 

The Grand Lodge was closed in the Grand Lodge Degree, and 
opened in the Scarlet Degree for the purpose of installation. The 
Grand officers were then installed. The Grand Lodge was then 
closed in the Scarlet and opened in the Grand Lodge Degree. 

Benj. B. G. Fuller was appointed Grand Marshal and Charles 
Sager, Grand Inside Guardian. 

The dispensations issued by the Grand Master during the recess 
to the following Lodges was approved and confirmed, and charters 
ordered to be forwarded, viz : 

Mousam, No. 26 ; Tarratine, No. 27 ; Olive Branch, No. 28 ; 
Katahdin, No. 29 ; Cumberland, No. 30. 

On recommendation of the committee on the Pay Roll, the sum 
of $178.87, was distributed for that purpose. 

The State was re-districted as follows : 1st District, York Coun- 
ty ; 2d, Portland and Saccarappa ; 3rd, Bridgton and Harrison ; 
4th, Bath, Brunswick and Lewiston ; 5th, Augusta, Hallowell and 
Gardiner ; 6th, Somerset and Franklin Counties ; 7th, Waldo- 
boro, Thomaston and Camden ; 8th, Waldo County, with excep- 
tion of Camden ; 9th, Penobscot, Hancock and Piscataquis ; 10th, 
Washington and Aroostook Counties. 

The constitution of the Grand Lodge was so amended as to re- 
quire two regular sessions in each year, viz : on the first Thursdays 
of May and November, the first to be called the " Annual Session," 
the other the a Semi-Annual Session." 



80 HISTORY OF 

All sessions of the Grand Lodge were to be held in the city of 
Portland. 

The committee on that subject, submitted the following resolu- 
tion, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge has no constiutional power to grant the pray- 
er of Past Grand David Robinson, Jr., and others for the division of Maine 
Lodge. 

A resolution was adopted declaring that this Grand Lodge deem 
a revision of the lectures and charges of the Order as necessary, 
and called for at the present time. 

The Committee on the State of the Order in their report express- 
ed the opinion that some alteration was required in the amount of 
fees received for initiation and degrees, and recommended the pas- 
sage of the following resolution, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge recommend to the subordinate Lodges to alter 
their fees for initiation and degrees, charging to the initiate at least one half part 
of the amount received for initiation and degrees, 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge convened at the hour appointed. 
A charter was granted for a new Lodge at Nobleboro : 
District Deputy Grand Master were appointed as follows : 
1st District, James Smith ; 2d District, Edward Wheeler, Jr. ; 
3d District, Francis Blake ; 4th District, Joseph S. Sewell ; 5th 
District, Frederick P. Theobald ; 6th District, L. M. Stillman 5 
7th District, George Prince ; 8th District, D. W. Lothrop ; 9th 
District, S. H. Dale ; 10th District, Edward Ilsley. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Number of initiations the past year, 1925 ; Suspensions, 3 ; Expulsions, 
9 ; Reinstated, 2 ; Rejected, 158 ; Admitted by card 136 ; Withdrawn by 
card, 194 ; Number of members 3435 ; Members relieved, 306 ; Widowed 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 81 

families relieved, 1 ; members buried, 8 ; amount expended for relief of 
brothers, $3,673.75; for widowed families, $54.00; educating orphans, 
$125.00; burying the dead, $402.00; revenue, $29,476.60. 

Seventy-two Past Grands have been admitted to the Grand 
Lodge Degree. The Grand Lodge for the current year consists of 
sixty members, and has now thirty-two Lodges under its jurisdic- 
tion. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 7, 1846. 
Officers present, James Pratt, Grand Master ; George H. Gar- 
diner, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; 
Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer. Edward S. J. Nealley, was ap- 
pointed Grand Marshal, pro tern. 

The certificates of the following Representatives were examined, 
and they were admitted and instructed in the Grand Lodge Degree. 

George Sawyer, L. L. Saddler, S. T. Corser, from No. 1 ; War- 
ren Ware, William A. Goodwin, William Batchelder, from No. 2 ; 
James Todd, Thomas O. Goold, Charles Cobb, Joseph R. Brazier, 
William D. Little, from No. 4 ; George W. Wildrage, William 
Boyd, from No. 5 ; Arthur M. Higgins, from No. 7 ; Sylvester 
H. Fuller, from No. 8 ; John T. Gilman, Washington Elliot, John 
Elliot, John E. Brown, Edward S. J. Nealley, from No. 10 ; 
Moses Stiles, Amos H. Cobb, J. H. Watson, Aaron Quimby, from 
No. 11 ; Giles Bailey, Asher Ellis, Joseph Lunt, 2d, L. P. Mer- 
rill, from No. 13 ; Robert White, F. A. Hodgdon, S. G. Thurlow, 
Ansel Lothrop, from No. 15 ; Thomas S. Bowles, from No. 16 ; 
Aaron Hayden, from No. 19 ; Cyril Pearl, from No. 20 ; Alden 
Jackson, from No. 22 ; Benjamin M. Flint, from No. 23 ; Edward 
P. Weston, from No. 24 ; Peter S. Holden, from No. 26 ; George 
S. Woodman, from No. 28 ; Ezra B. French, John H. Converse, 
from No. 32 ; Albert Pilsbury, from No. 33 ; James B. Dascomb, 
from No. 34 ; William H. Clark, from No. 37 ; Joseph Ulmer, from 
No. 40. 

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82 HISTORY OF 

The following appeals were presented and referred to the commit- 
tee on Grievances : of L. D. Mason, from action of Maine Lodge, 
No. 1, in refusing him benefits. 

Of Francis Davis, from the decision of Sabattis Lodge, in re- 
fusing permission to Horace Manly to visit said Lodge. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge assembled at 2 o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Master presented his annual communication. He 
stated that he had granted dispensations for the institution of the 
following Lodges : 

Howard Lodge, No. 33, at Machias : Carrabasset, No. 34, at 
Skowhegan ; Union, No. 35, at Union ; Narramisic, No. 36, at Or- 
land ; Kennebec, No. 37, at Hallowell ; Astoria, No. 38, at Frank- 
fort; Samaritan, No. 39, at Waterville ; Eastern Star, No. 40, at 
Thomaston. 

He had granted to Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 21, per- 
mission to remove from Mercer to Norridgewock. He called at- 
tention to the necessity of a revision of the constitution of the 
Grand Lodge. He recommended the appointment of a committee 
to draft a brief and simple form of Burial Service, to be used in 
this jurisdiction, until the Grand Lodge of the United States shall 
furnish one to be used throughout the Union. 

The following Grand Officers were elected : 

Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand Master ; George H. Gardner, Dep- 
uty Grand Master ; George Prince, Grand Warden ; Benjamin 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer ; 
Cyril Pearl, Grand Chaplain ; E. S. J. Nealley, first Grand Rep- 
resentative ; Ezra B. French, second Grand Representative. 

Past Grand, J. W. Mansfield, of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, was intro- 
duced and instructed in the Grand Lodge Degree. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 83 

The dispensations, issued by the Grand Master, were approved, 
and charters granted for the following Lodges : 

Howard, No. 33, at Machias; Carrabasset, No. 34, at Skowhegan ; 
Union, No. 35, at Union ; Narramisic, No. 36, at Orland ; Ken- 
nebec, No. 37, at Hallowell ; Astoria, No. 38, at Frankfort ; Sa- 
maritan, No. 39, at Waterville ; Eastern Star, No. 40, at Thomas- 
ton. 

The action of the Grand Master in removing Somerset and 
Franklin Lodge, No. 21, from Mercer to Norridgewock, was ap- 
proved. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
The Grand Officers were installed. 

The Grand Master appointed A. Hayden, Grand Marshal, and 
George Sawyer, Grand Guardian. 

A committee was appointed to inquire into the expediency of the 
Grand Lodge applying to the Legislature for a Charter. 

A statement from Natahnis Lodge, No. 9, was presented, set- 
ting forth, that on the 2d of January, 1846, William Barker, a 
member of said Lodge applied for a card of clearance, which was 
granted. At that time the Lodge was not in possession of suitable 
cards, but were waiting for a supply which had been ordered. 
Very soon after the 9th of January, the Secretary received a sup- 
ply of cards, and filled one out for said Barker, which was never 
called for. Barker was taken sick on the 7th of January, and died 
about the last of March. Sometime after he was taken sick, a motion 
was made in open Lodge to have his card sent to him by mail ; 
but the Noble Grand objecting to have it sent at that time on ac- 
count of his sickness, no action was taken upon it. Subsequent to 
his death it was voted that a funeral benefit of $30.00 be paid, 



84 HISTORY OF 

and an order for said benefit, as also one for eleven weeks' benefit 
during his sickness, accruing since said 2d of January, was made 
out. These orders were drawn separately, and presented to the 
Noble Grand for his signature, which he declined giving, on the 
ground that in his view, said Barker could not be considered a 
member of said Lodge, from and after the time that his request for 
a clearance card was granted. 

The statement was referred to a special committee, consisting of 
Past Grands, W. R. Smith, E. S. J. Nealley, and J. S. Gushing. 
The Grand Lodge then adjourned until Friday at 9 o'clock, A.M. 



Friday, 9 o'clock, a. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The committee on that subject, submitted the following report, 
which, together with the resolutions was adopted : 

The special committee to whom was referred the statement of 
facts from Natahnis Lodge, No. 9, in relation to the claim for ben- 
efits in behalf of brother William Barker, late a member of said 
Lodge, have considered the subject and report : 

That they are of opinion that the applicant was not entitled to benefits from 
Natahnis Lodge, for the reason that, upon the granting of the card of clearance 
for which he made application, he was no longer a member of that Lodge, or of 
the Order. Considering, however, the circumstances of the case, the committee 
are of opinion that Natahnis Lodge would best promote the "good of the order'' 
by making such donation of money to the family of the deceased, as their circum- 
stances seem to require. The committee report the subjoined resolutions. 
Respectfully submitted. 

Per order, 

W. R. Smith. 

Resolved, That the decision of the Noble Grand of Natahnis Lodge, No. 9, in 
the matter of the claim for benefits in behalf of the late brother William Bar- 
ker, be confirmed by this Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That it is recommended to Natahnis Lodge to make such donation of 
money to the family of the late brother Barker, as their circumstances may seem 
to require. 

Past Grand Master, James Pratt presented the following report, 
which was accepted : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 85 

In committee of Past Grands, assembled pursuant to a resolution adopted at 
the last session of the Grand Lodge, on the subject of an Orphan Asylum, it was 
Resolved, That since it has become apparent, in various ways, that the Order is 
not prepared to move actively on the subject of education, it be recommended to 
the Grand Lodge to lay the whole subject on the table and defer all action until 
some future day. 

In behalf of the committee, 

James Pratt, chairman. 

It was deemed inexpedient to petition the Legislature for a char- 
ter for this Grand Lodge. 

On motion of Past Grand William R. Smith, 

Resolved, That no person applying to a subordinate Lodge for a letter of rec- 
ommendation to a neighboring Lodge for initiation, shall receive the same where 
three or more black balls appear against granting such letter ; and the question 
upon granting such letter shall in all cases be taken by ball ballots. 

There was formed from District No. 7, a new District, called 
District No. 11, composed of all the towns in the County of Lin- 
coln, which lie east of the Kennebec river, and west of the towns 
of Union and Warren. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



Friday, 2 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
On recommendation of the committee on Pay Roll the sum of 
$270.45 was appropriated for that purpose. 

The committee on Grievances presented the following report : 

i st. In the case of brother Mason, it appears that by an injury to his hand, he 
was rendered incapable of doing manual labor, and claimed benefits of the Lodge 
on that account for nine weeks ; that the Lodge refused to allow more than two 
weeks' benefit, on the ground that brother Mason, although disabled from man- 
ual labor, was able to superintend the erection of buildings, and the labor of me- 
chanics employed by him. 

It appeared in evidence that the appellant, who is a master mason by trade, 
was at the time under contract to erect certain buildings in this city, and em- 
ployed journeymen, but that he was also, when well, in the habit of working with 
his journeymen during the time that his business as a contractor did not require 
his attention. The committee are of opinion that the question for them to decide 
is simply whether the construction given by Maine Lodge, No. I, to the first sec- 



86 HISTORY OF 

tion, Article 5th of their By-laws is correct. And although we are of the opinion 
that the Article of the By-laws and of the constitution in relation to benefits, 
might be altered as to operate more equitable, we cannot assume to make a law 
to meet the case. 

After a discussion of the subject, a majority of the committee are of opinion 
that the decision of Maine Lodge, No. 1, ought to be sustained. 

2d. In the case of the appeal of brother Davis from the decision of Sabattis 
Lodge, No. 6, the facts appear to be that a brother with a clearance card from a 
Lodge in New York, dated December 25th, 1844, applied on December 23, 1845, 
to visit Sabattis Lodge. On examination it was found that the brother had no 
traveling pass-word except for the year 1845 > an( ^ as tnat was not i n use a * tne 
date of his clearance card, Sabattis Lodge, refused to admit him to visit. 

The committee are of opinion that the question upon which it was decided is 
one not material in the case presented. We do not consider a brother who takes 
a clearance card to be entitled to the traveling pass-word, and are of the opinion 
that the Lodges which a brother, having a clearance card, proposes to visit, are 
the sole judges of the propriety of admitting him, and are entitled to take such 
measures to satisfy themselves on the subject as they may think expedient, and 
from their decisions there can be no appeal. 

The committee are therefore of opinion that the decision of Sabattis Lodge, 
No. 6, ought to be sustained, and report two resolves in accordance with their 
views. Per Order, 

A. Hayden, chairman. 

1st Resolved, That the appeal of brother Lorenzo D. Mason, from the decis- 
ion of Maine Lodge, No. 1, be dismissed. 

2d. Resolved, That the appeal of brother F. Davis, from the decision of Sa- 
battis Lodge, No. 6, be dismissed. 

The minority of the same committee presented a report and rec- 
ommended that the decision of Maine Lodge, No. 1, in the case 
of brother Mason, be reversed. 

The report of the majority of the committee in both cases was 
sustained and the resolutions adopted. 

[The Grand Lodge of the United States has since decided that 
the holder of a -withdrawal card is entitled to the annual traveling 
pass-word in use at the time, and retains the right to visit in another 
State with the same for a year.] 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That in the opinion of this Grand Lodge, the public use of Regalia 
should be allowed by the Most Worthy Grand Master during the recess of this 
Grand Lodge, only upon very extraordinary occasions, and when, in his opinion, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 87 

based upon satisfactory evidence that the tendency will be to promote, positively 
the interests of the Order. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the town of Waterville, in the County of Kennebec, be, and the 
same is attached to District No. 5. 

District Deputy Grand Masters : 

District No. 1, G. S. Woodman ; No. 2, Harris C. Barnes ; No. 
3, Cyril Pearl ; No. 4, John S. Gushing ; No. 5, William IT. 
Clark ; No. 6, James B. Dascomb ; No. 7, Sylvester H. Fuller ; 
No. 8, F. A. Hodgdon ; No. 9, E. P. Butler ; No. 10, A. Hayden ; 
No. 11, John H. Converse. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Lodges, 40; number initiations for the three quarters end- 
ing March, 1846, 1,083; expelled, 7; suspended, 24; deaths, 16; con- 
tributing members, 4,461 ; revenue, $22,997.95. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, November 5, 1846. 
Officers present : Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand Master ; George 
H. Gardiner, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Secretary. Deputy Grand Master, George H. Gardiner, by re- 
quest, acted as Grand Warden, pro tern. Past Grand Edward 
Fenno was appointed Grand Marshal, pro tern. 

The certificates of the following Past Grands were presented 
and they were introduced and instructed in the Grand Lodge De- 
gree, viz : 

William I. Cross, John K. Hooper, from Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
Thomas Quimby, from Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Christopher Prince, from 
Georgian Lodge, No. 3 ; Stephen Waitc, from Ligonia Lodge, No. 
5 ; Lewis D. Moore, I. Snell, Jr., from Sabattis Lodge, No. 6 ; J. 
K. Kimball, Freeman Harding, Jr., from Relief Lodge, No. 8 ; 
John E. Brown, from Lincoln Lodge, No. 10 ; George E. Drew, 



88 HISTORY OP 

from Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13 ; John Trask, Jr., from Somerset 
and Franklin Lodge, No. 21 ; Stephen H. Read, from Androscog- 
gin Lodge, No. 24 ; Simon L. Whitten, from Mousam, No. 26 ; 
Charles H. D'Wolf, from Tarratine, No. 27 ; B. K. Carsley, from 
Cumberland, No. 30 ; J. E. Burnham, from Naramisic, No. 36 ; 
Joseph C. Hooper, from Astoria Lodge, No. 38 ; Amasa Ding- 
ley, from Samaritan Lodge, No. 39 ; E. Spear, Jr., from Eas- 
tern Star Lodge, No. 40. 

The Grand Master read his report, in which he stated that the 
Order in this jurisdiction was in as healthy and useful condition 
now as at any time since its introduction into this State. He fur- 
ther stated that since the last Annual Session, he had granted a 
dispensation for Mattanawcook Lodge, No. 41, in the town of Lin- 
coln. 

He alluded to Mousam Lodge, No. 26, as having suffered under 
great disadvantages, during its organization from sickness and other 
causes. He suggested that the Grand Lodge give them such aid 
and encouragement as they consistently and constitutionally may 
be able to do. He suggested the propriety of adopting a State 
visiting card, to be issued by the Lodges to members visiting other 
Lodges in the State. 

A charter was granted to Mattanawcook Lodge, No. 41. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The committee to whom the Grand Master's communication in 
relation to the adopting of visiting cards to be used within the 
State was referred, recommended the adoption of the proposed 
measure. 

The recommendation was adopted. 

A committee was appointed to consider and report on the proper 
mode of issuing State visiting cards. The above committee pre- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. b\) 

sented the following report, which was received, laid on the table 
and the committee discharged : 

The Committee appointed to arrange in detail the use of State visiting cards, 
report that they, most unfortunately, are unanimously opposed to the introduction 
of this innovation upon the usages of the Order in this State, and are, therefore 
unable to agree upon such a report as the Grand Lodge have a right to expect. 
The committee ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. 
Respectfully submitted, 

Edward P. Banks, 
Benj. W. Flint, 
I. K. Kimball. 

The subject was referred to a new committee, with instructions 
to report at the next session. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to Friday, at 9 o'clock A. M. 



Friday, 9 o'clock, a. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
The following rosolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the several subordinates in this 
jurisdiction to take immediate and active measures to establish Libraries, to be 
placed in their several Lodge rooms, at the earliest possible day. 

On report of the committee on Pay- Roll, the sum of 1207.50, 
was appropriated for that purpose. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 
For two quarters ending September 30, 1846. 

Number initiated, 43 ; expelled, 5 ; suspended, 47 ; deaths, 19 ; con- 
tributing members, 4,849. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 6, 1847. 
Officers present, Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand Master ; George 
H. Gardiner, Deputy Grand Master ; Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., 
Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer ; Cyril Pearl, 



90 HISTORY OP 

Grand Chaplain. William R. Smith, was appointed Grand War- 
den, pro tern ; Allen Haines, Grand Marshal, pro tern, and William 
I. Cross, Grand Inside Guardian, pro tern. 

The committee on elections and returns presented the following 
report, which was adopted : 

The committee on elections and returns have examined the credentials of the 
following named Past Grands, and recommend that they be admitted to seats in 
this body, to serve in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution: 

Maine Lodge, No. 1, J. K. Hooper, H. C. Barnes, Wm. I. Cross, 
Fred W. Nichols, Soloman T. Corser, J. H. Williams ; Saco, No. 2, 
Warren Ware, Thomas Quimby, Geo. W. Nichols, James Smith, Jr. 
James L. Lombard ; Georgian, No. 3, Richard Woodhull, Edwin 
Rose, Hezekiah P. Coombs, George Prince, Christopher Prince, 
Charles T. Starret, R. H. Counce, George Abbott, Oliver W. Jor- 
dan, Lucius H. Chandler, William Welsby, Elisha Linnell, Benja- 
min F. Buxton ; Ancient Brothers, No. 4, Benjamin Kingsbury, 
Jr., M. F. Whittier, W. D. Little, George W. Dam, Joseph R. 
Brazier, Charles F. Little, James Todd, Charles Cobb, George 
Owen, Joshua Waterhouse, Thomas 0. Goold, Edward P. Banks, 
Daniel Brazier ; Ligonia, No. 5, Nathaniel F, Deering, William 
P. Fessenden, Rufus Read ; Sabattis, No. 6, William R. Smith, 
Joseph Burton, J. Edwin Ladd, William H. Wheeler ; Penobscot 
No. 7, Allen Haines, Charles Snell ; Relief, No. 8, I. K. Kimball, 
N. A. Burpee, Freeman Harding, Jr., E. W. Pendleton ; Natahnis, 
No. 9, F. P. Theobold, George W. Bachelder; Lincoln, No. 10, 
Andrew J. Fuller, Edward S. J. Nealley, Nathaniel Walker, 
Elisha Clarke, J. T. Gilman, George H. Gardiner, Washington 
Elliot, Nelson A. West, Jonathan E. Brown, John Elliot ; Sac- 
carappa, No. 11, Charles A. Perkins, Ona C. Brackett, Gideon 
Plummer ; Pejepscot, No. 13, John S. Cushing, L. P. Merrill, F. 
T. Littlefield ; Cushnoc, No. 14, Timothy S. Robinson, William T. 
Johnson ; Passagassawakeag, No. 15, Robert White, Samuel G. 
Thurlow, Levi R. Wing, D. W. Lothrop, F. A. Hodsdon, Ansel 
Lothrop, Ansel Leonard, Joseph Dennett, Jr., Nehemiah Abbott ; 
Hobomok, No. 16, Samuel Crowell, Thomos Bowles, David Ingalls, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 91 

James H. Nichols, Jacob S. Sewall ; Washington, No. 17, N. 
Gunnison ; Orono, No. 18, E. P. Butler, I. Washburn ; Passa- 
maquoddy, No. 19, J. A. Coolidge ; Medomak, No. 22, William 
Ludwig ; Schoodiac, No. 23, Benjamin M. Flint ; Androscoggin, 
No. 21, Solyman P. Gorham, George W. Foss ; Mousam, No. 26, 
James Larrabee, J. M. Richards, John Cobby, George W. Wal- 
lingford ; Tarratine, No. 27, Newell Blake, Charles H. D' Wolfe, 
Otis H. Johnson, Dana M. Hall ; Olive Branch, No. 28, Theodore 
H. Jewett, Eleazer R. Cate, John B. Nealley, John 0. Pierce ; 
Cumberland, No. 30, William W. Cross ; Lafayette, No. 31, 
Thomas B. Grose ; Damariscotta, No. 32, Uriah W. Woodward, 
Martin P. Hilton, John II. Converse ; Howard, No. 33, Ivory I. 
Robinson, Hiram S. Favor ; Carrabasaet, No. 34, Samuel W. Wes- 
ton, James B. Dascomb ; Union, No. 35, Elijah Vose ; Kennebec, 
No. 37, William H. Clark ; Astoria, No. 38, B. B. Cushing, N. 
H. Hubbard ; Samaritan, No. 39, Amasa Dingley ; Eastern Star, 
No. 40, John P. Wise, Elkanah Spear, Jr., Joseph Farwell ; 
Mattanawcook, No. 41, Asa Smith. 

The following candidates were then admitted, and instructed in 
the Grand Lodge Degree : 

Frederick W. Nichols, No. 1; Elisha Linnell, Benjamin F. Bux- 
ton, No. 3 ; George Owen, No. 4 ; F. C. Moody, E. P. Gerrish, 
No. 5 ; J. Edwin Ladd, W. H. Wheeler, No. 6 ; Ephraim W. 
Pendleton, No. 8 ; George W. Batchelder, No. 9 ; Gideon Plum- 
mer, 0. 0. Brackett, C. A. Perkins, No. 11 ; F. T. Littlefield, 
No. 13 ; T. S. Robinson, Wm. T. Johnson, No. 14 ; T. A. Hods- 
don, No. 15 ; James II. Nichols, No. 16 ; N. Gunnison, No. 17; 
Joseph A. Coolidge, No. 19 ; William Ludwig, No. 22 ; S. P. Gor- 
ham, George W. Foss, No. 24 ; J. M. Richards, John Cobby, No. 
26 ; John B. Nealley, No. 28 ; William W. Cross, No. 30 ; W. 
W. Woodward, M. S. Hilton, No. 32 ; II. S. Favor, No. 33 ; S. 
W. Weston, No. 34 ; Elijah Vose, No. 35 ; Joseph Farwell, No. 
40 ; Asa Smith, No. 41. 

The Grand Master read his report, showing the transactions for 
the year. He had granted dispensations for Lodges as follows : 



92 HISTORY OF 

Addphian, No. 42, at Searsport ; Norembequa, No. 43, at Ells- 
worth ; Laconia, No. 44, at Biddeford ; Central, No. 45, at Wayne. 

The foregoing Lodges had all been instituted. 

He had also granted a dispensation for a Lodge at Brownfield, 
to be called Pequawket, No. 46, but the petitioners not being in 
readiness, the Lodge had not been instituted. He had also received 
petitions for a Lodge at Camden, and also at Searsport, not being 
sufficiently acquainted with the localities, and having some doubts 
whether a Lodge should be established at the former place, there 
being already one in that town, and that a very small one, and 
there not being sufficient time before the meeting of the Grand 
Lodge to make the necessary investigations, he had concluded to 
refer the whole subject to the Grand Lodge. He stated that hav- 
ing been informed that Acadia Lodge, No. 25, of Bangor, had been 
using other forms of initiation than those contained in the au- 
thorized charge books of the Order, he wrote to the Lodge, re- 
minding them of the express regulation of the Order upon this 
subject, and at the same time expressly forbid Acadia Lodge mak- 
ing use of any lectures or charges, not contained in the books fur- 
nished by the Grand Lodge. No -reply had been received. He 
stated, that in accordance with instructions, he had signed an order 
on the Grand Treasurer, for the sum of one hundred dollars, paya- 
ble to Mousam Lodge, No. 26, taking a note for the amount paya- 
ble to the Grand Treasurer. 

He called attention to the present arrangement of the several 
Districts, and suggested that some new classification should be 
made of the Lodges, so as to render the duties devolving upon the 
several Deputies more equally divided. He stated that notwith- 
standing the new arrangement, extending the terms of subordinates 
from three to six months, it appeared to him very important that 
the old system of quarterly pass-words should be retained, for the 
purpose not only of preventing imposition, but to enable Lodges to 
collect their dues quarterly. He had accordingly issued a new 
pass-word to the Lodges on the first of April, to remain in force 
until the first of July. He alluded to the action of the Grand 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 93 

Lodge of the United States forbidding Lodges to print the odes 
that are sung in the Lodge rooms. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Charters were granted to Adelphian Lodge, No. 42, at Sears- 
port ; Norembequa Lodge, No. 43, at Ellsworth ; Laconia Lodge, 
No. 44, at Biddeford ; Central Lodge, No. 45, at Wayne ; and 
Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, at Brownfield. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the most Worthy Grand Master be directed to issue the pass- 
word to subordinate Lodges quarterly, and instruct them to collect their dues as 
heretofore. 

The following officers were duly nominated, elected and installed: 
William R. Smith, Grand Master ; E. P. Butler, Deputy Grand 
Master ; F. P. Theobold, Grand Warden ; Benjamin Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer; J. E. 
Burnham, Grand Chaplain; E. S. J. Nealley, first Grand Rep- 
resentative ; Allen Haines, second Grand Representative. 

J. S. Sewall, was appointed Grand Marshal, and H. S. Favor, 
Grand Inside Guardian. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 9 o'clock, Friday morning. 



Friday, 9 o'clock, a. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Charters were granted for a new Lodge in the town of Sears- 
mont, and one in the town of Camden. 

On recommendation of the committee on Pay-Roll, the sum of 
$343.65, was appropriated for that purpose. 

The committee to whom was referred the subject of State visit- 



94 HISTORY OF 

ing cards submitted a form and recommended its adoption, when on 
motion, the whole subject was indefinately postponed. 

The State was re-districted as follows : 

District, No. 1, York County ; No. 2, Portland and Westbrook ; 
No. 3, County of Oxford, and the towns of Bridgton and Harrison, 
in the County of Cumberland ; No. 4, Bath and Brunswick ; No. 
5, Lewiston and Wayne ; No. 6, Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner; 
No. 7, Somerset and Franklin, with Carrabasset and Samaritan 
Lodges ; No. 8, Damariscotta and Medomak Lodges ; No. 9, Geor- 
gian, Relief, Eastern Star, Union and Lafayette Lodges ; No. 10, 
Waldo County, with the exception of Camden ; No. 11, Penobscot 
County ; No. 12, Piscataquis County ; No. 13, Hancock County ; 
No. 14, Washington and Aroostook Counties. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That all subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge 
be required to conform to the regulations of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, as expressed in the report and resolutions of a committee of that body 
adopted at its last session; and not to use any books of charges, or lectures, or 
diplomas, except those emanating from the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
nor odes, except those that they may have heretofore procured elsewhere. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the education of children of Odd Fellows, particularly orphan 
children of deceased Odd Fellows, be pressed upon the attention of the several 
subordinate Lodges under this jurisdiction. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by rising : 

Resolved, That Acadia Lodge, No. 25, has justly incurred the censure of this 
Grand Lodge, and it is hereby censured, for continuing to use portions of the old 
work, after repeated warnings of the unlawfulness of so doing, and also for its 
disrespect towards the late Grand Master, in neglecting to answer his official 
communication touching said unlawful acts. 

Resolved, That the Grand Master be requested to notify Acadia Lodge, No. 25* 
that unless they shall certify to him, on or before the 1st of June, that they have 



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95 



abandoned entirely the use of the old work, their charter will be reclaimed; 
and the Grand Master is herehy authorized, in case of the non-compliance of 
Acadia Lodge, to take the necessary steps to carry this resolution into effect. 

District Deputy Grand Masters : 

George W. Nichols, District No. 1 ; Edward P. Banks, No. 2 ; 
Benj. K. Carsley, No. 3 ; James H. Nichols, No. 4 ; William R. 
Frye, No. 5 ; Grand Master (ex-off.) No. 6 ; Amasa Dingley, 
No. 7 ; Uriah W. Woodward, No. 8 ; Iddo K. Kimball, No. 9 ; 
Nehemiah Abbott, No. 10 ; Dep. Grand Master, No. 11, (ex-off.) 
Thomas Tash, No. 12 ; J. E. Burnham, No. 13 ; B. M. Flint, No. 
14. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Abstract of returns for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1846. Number in- 
itiated, 193 ; admitted by card, 4 ; withdrawn bj 7 card, 26 ; suspended, 
54: expelled, 3 ; re-instated, 11 ; rejected, 18; deaths, 11 ; contributing 
members, 4,957. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 3, 1848. 
Officers present — William R. Smith, Grand Master ; E. P. 
Butler, Deputy Grand Master ; Frederick P. Theobold, Grand 
Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, 
Grand Treasurer ; J. E. Burnham, Grand Chaplain. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

William E. Kimball, B. C. Fernald, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
James M. Deering, of Saco, No. 2 ; G. T. Hedge, of Ligonia No. 
5 ; Joseph Burton, Frederick A Fuller, of Sabattis, No. 6 ; S. B. 
Straw, of No. 7 ; N. A. Burpee, of No. 8 ; Jesse B. Tozier, of 
No. 9 ; A. J. Fuller, of No. 10 ; Oran Storer, of No. 11 ; Hora- 
tio Y. Garcelon, of No. 13 ; Ansel Leman, of No. 15 ; W. A. 
Dunn, of No. 17 ; Daniel Hubbard, of No. 18 ; Martin Bradish, 
of No. 19 ; James Webb, of No. 20 ; J. C. Lane, of No. 24 ; 



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James Larrabee, of No. 26 ; Otis H. Johnson, Simon Hart, of No. 
28 ; A. L. Vaughan, of No. 29 ; B. F. Smith, of No. 30 ; Dan- 
iel W. Dorman, Warren F. Hovey, of No. 33 ; Hiram Bigelow, 
of No. 43 ; Wm. Gleason, of No. 35 ; Nathan Emerson, J. Ed- 
win Saunders, of No. 36 ; Ambrose Merrill, of No. 37 ; E. L. 
Getchell, P. S. Chandler, James Smiley, of No. 39 ; John P. 
Wise, of No. 40 ; Mark Prime of No. 44 ; Mark Treadwell, of 
No. 46 ; B. P. Field, of No. 48 ; Homer Percival, of No. 49. 

The Grand Master read his annual report, stating that the Or- 
der was never in a more healthy state; the rapid growth and ex- 
citement which marked its history for the few years previous had 
entirely ceased, and the Order had apparently settled down into a 
quiet and permanent condition. The following Lodges, chartered 
at the last session, were instituted soon after the adjournment of the 
Grand Lodge, viz : Pequawket, No. 46, at Brownfield ; Vesper, 
No. 47, at Camden, and Canal, No. 48, at Searsmont. 

He also stated that he had granted dispensations for the follow- 
ing Lodges, which had been instituted during the year, viz ; Carra- 
tunk Lodge, No. 49, at Solon ; Frontier Lodge, No. 50, at Lu- 
bec ; North Anson Lodge, No. 51, at North Anson ; Adams 
Lodge, No. 52, at Bucksport ; Social Friends Lodge, No. 53, at 
Apple ton. 

He had received a petition for a Lodge at Cherryfield, to be 
called " Gaugus Lodge, No. 54 ; there not being sufficient time to 
make proper inquiries in relation to the case, he had deemed it 
best to withold a dispensation, and present the petition for the ac- 
tion of the Grand Lodge. He suggested that a law should be 
passed requiring the approval of the Grand Lodge, (or in the re- 
cess, the approval of the Grand Master) of all laws enacted for the 
government of subordinate Lodges, as well as all 'amendments 
adopted, before such laws shall have any force and effect. He 
suggested the subject of benefits for the consideration of the Grand 
Lodge, whether it was advisable for the Grand Lodge to provide 
by law that, when the disease of a brother is of long standing, or 
of a permanent character, a Lodge shall grant such relief as the 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 97 

funds will warrant, as the wants of the brother require, instead of 
making it imperative to pay a specific sum each week, as is now 
the case. He referred to the two Degree Lodges which had been 
chartered by the Grand Lodge, No. 1, at Bangor, and No. 2 at 
Augusta. No. 2 was in successful operation, but No. 1 had ceased 
its work, and the degrees are now conferred by the subordinates 
of which the Degree Lodge is composed. If the opinion is correct 
that when a Degree Lodge has been chartered on the petition of 
such subordinate Lodges as are desirous of uniting for the purpose 
of conferring degrees, that the power of such Lodges to confer the 
degrees passes to the Degree Lodge, and there remains so long as 
it legally exists, then the subordinates at Bangor, of which Union 
Degree Lodge, No. 1, is composed, do not possess the right to 
work in the degrees. He suggested to the Grand Lodge whether 
Degree Lodges chartered by it ought not to be required to make 
annual returns of their work, and whether, upon a suspension of 
their work, the charter by which they exist, ought not to be sur- 
rendered or reclaimed, so that the right to confer degrees may 
revert to the Lodges to which it originally belonged. 

He stated that the printed proceedings of the Grand Lodge had 
become exhausted and suggested the propriety of having a volume 
containing the proceedings from its institution to the close of the 
present session, with a suitable index, to be prepared and printed, 
and each subordinate supplied with a copy. He said that he had 
been frequently called upon by Lodges for advice in relation to the 
propriety of an incorporation under the law of the State. His 
opinion had uniformly been given against the policy ot such action 
by Lodges. He suggested that the subject be referred to a com- 
mittee of brothers of the legal profession, and for the preparation 
of such forms or directions as will enable Lodges to proceed in the 
investment of funds without danger of loss or trouble. 

He recommended that the Grand Lodge consider the propriety 
of making an appropriation from its Treasury, sufficient to accom- 
plish the work of a visitation to every Lodge in the jurisdiction. 
He called attention to the propriety of establishing Lyceums in 
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98 HISTORY OF 

Lodges, at which lectures upon literary, scientific and moral sub- 
jects might be delivered by the members, and the doors thrown open 
to their families and perhaps friends. He suggested that a form 
for dedicating Halls be provided by the Grand Lodge. He stated 
that Acadia Lodge, No. 25, had surrendered its charter and voted 
to divide the funds among its members. He had succeeded in ob- 
taining possession of the charter and working books only. He 
recommended that the Grand Secretary be authorized to present 
certificates of good standing to such members of Acadia Lodge, 
who shall make it appear to that officer that they were not engaged 
in the illegal action of the Lodge which caused its suspension. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2i o'clock, P. M. 



2i o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Representatives submitted their report, calling at- 
tention to such portions of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States " as in their opinion have a special bearing 
upon their own constituency, or a general bearing upon the inter- 
ests and welfare of the Order at large." 

A variety of practice in conferring the Grand Lodge Degree 
having obtained in different States, the Grand Lodge of the United 
States have formally declared that it should only be conferred in 
the Grand Lodge Room. "But for the sake of decorum, and to 
avoid the necessity of interrupting business, this degree may be 
conferred in some room contiguous to that in which the Grand 
Lodge is assembled." 

It was definitely settled that no subordinate could approach the 
Grand Lodge of the United State, excepting by appeal through the 
local Grand Lodge. 

It was declared, that all alterations or amendments to the con- 
stitution of State Grand Lodges, should be forwarded to the Grand 
Lodge of the United States for approval and confirmation ; yet 
between the time of their adoption and such approval and confirm- 
ation, they are binding upon the jurisdiction adopting them. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 99 

The principle was settled, that in the absence of the Noble Grand 
the Vice Grand was bound to perform all his duties. 

The Grand Lodge of the United States fixed upon two years as 
the term for which Grand Representatives shall be elected. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the words quarterly and quarter should they occur in subordi- 
nate work, be stricken out, and the words semi-anmcally and term be inserted in 
their place. 

A uniform system has been prescribed by declaring that " each 
Grand Lodge shall consist of all the Past Grands in the jurisdic- 
tion." 

The Grand Lodge Degree and membership are rewards for ser- 
vices rendered in the chairs of the subordinates, of which Past 
Grands cannot be deprived by local legislation ; though any State 
Grand Lodge " by its constitution may restrict its legislative power 
to such Representative basis, as it may deem best for the proper 
transaction of business." 

It was decided " that under no circumstances would it be lawful 
to permit members to vote on application for degrees, who had not 
received the degree applied for." 

It was also decided that " no brother can adminster an obligation 
which he himself has not taken." 

The Grand Representatives closed their report by congratulating 
the Grand Lodge upon the general prosperity of Odd Fellowship in 
the United States. Daring the last year, thirty thousand members 
have been added, and its expenditures for benefits have increased 
ninety-five thousand dollars. 

It was voted, that Past Grand Oliver S. Beale, of Kenduskeag 
Lodge, No. 12, be admitted, his credentials not being in his posess- 
ion, but satisfactory evidence having been furnished that he was 
regularly elected. 

Charters were granted to the following Lodges, viz : Carratunk 
Lodge, No. 49 ; Frontier Lodge, No. 50 ; North Anson Lodge No. 
51 ; Adams Lodge No. 52 ; Social Friends Lodge, No. 53 ; 



100 HISTORY OF 

The Grand Secretary was directed to purchase a sufficient num- 
ber of copies of the Digest of the Laws of the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, and furnish one to each Subordinate in the jurisdic- 
tion at the expense of the Grand Lodge. 

On recommendation of the committee to whom the action and 
recommendation of the Grand Master as to Acadia Lodge, No. 25, 
had been referred, the following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That Acadia Lodge, No. 25, agreeably to the recommendation of the 
Most Worthy Grand Master, as set forth in his special communication in refer- 
ence thereto, be and is hereby expelled from this jurisdiction, and from the order. 

Resolved, That the Right Worthy Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge be here- 
by authorized and empowered to grant certificates, under the seal of this Grand 
Lodge as indicated in the 4th section of article 2 of the by-laws of this body, to 
all such brethren of Acadia Lodge, No. 25, as, in the opinion of Most Worthy 
Grand Master, Right Worthy Grand Treasurer and Right Worthy Grand Secre- 
tary, shall be worthy to receive the same. Provided, that said brothers shall pay 
over to the Grand Secretary any portions of the funds of Acadia Lodge that may 
have been received by them in the division that is understood to have been made 
among the members of said Lodge. 

Resolved, That an attested copy of these Resolutions be forwarded to all the 
subordinate Lodges in this State, to the Grand Lodge of the United States, and 
to the several State Grand Lodges. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 10 o'clock, Thursday morning. 



Thursday, 10 o'clock, A. M. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge recommend to the several subordinate Lodges 
under its jurisdiction the adoption of such measures as are consistent with their 
own interests for the obtaining of lectures upon moral, scientific and philanthropic 
subjects, from brethren of the Order, for the entertainment and instruction of 
their members, at such times as may be deemed requisite for maintaining the in- 
terests of members in Lodge meetings, and preserving the several branches of 
the Order from decay. 

The following Grand Officers were elected : 
Allen Haines, Grand Master ; S. B. Straw, Deputy Grand Mas- 
ter ; Benjamin Flint, Grand Warden ; Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 101 

Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer ; -N. Gunnison, 
Grand Chaplain ; William R. Smith was elected First Grand Rep- 
resentative ; there was quite a contest for the position of Second 
Grand Representative, which finally on the fifth ballot, resulted 
in the choice of Nathaniel F. Deering. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, P. M. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment, 

On recommendation of the committee on that subject, the State 
was districted as follows : 

District, No. 1, York Co.; No. 2, Portland and Westbrook ; No. 3, 
the County of Oxford, and the towns of Bridgton and Harrison, in 
Cumberland County ; No. 4, Bath and Brunswick ; No. 5, Lew- 
isfcon and Wayne ; No. 6, Augusta, Hallowell, Gardiner and Water- 
ville ; No. 7, Somerset County ; No. 8, Damariscotta and Medo- 
mak Lodges ; No. 9, Georgian, Relief, Eastern Star, Lafayette 
and Vesper Lodges ; No. 10, Waldo County, with the exception of 
Camden, Searsmont and Appleton ; No. 11, Penobscot County ; 
No. 12, Piscataquis County; No. 13, Hancock County ; No. 14, 
Washington and Aroostook Counties ; No. 15, Union, Social 
Friends and Canal Lodges. 

The Grand officers were installed. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That from and after the adoption of this resolve, the Right Worthy 
Deputy Grand Master, Right Worthy Grand Warden, Right Worthy Grand Sec- 
retary, and Right Worthy Grand Treasurer, shall be, and are hereby constituted 
an Advisory Board, whose duty it shall be to render such assistance and advice 
to the Most Worthy Grand Master, in the discharge of his official duties, as he 
shall, from time to time, deem necessary to introduce to their notice. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
George H. Batchelder, Grand Marshal, James M. Deering, 
Grand Inside Guardian, William E.Kimball, Grand Outside Guar- 
dian. 



102 HISTORY OF 

On report of the committee on Pay-Roil, the sum of $384.75, 
was appropriated for that purpose. 

The following report was presented, and the resolutions were 
adopted : 

The committee on Grievances of Lodges have had under consideration the ap- 
peals of Past Grand I. Snell, Jr. from the decision of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, 
respecting the case of brother William M. McGregor : 

Of brother Francis Davis, from the decision of Sabattis Lodge, upon the ques- 
tion whether an elective member, admitted by card, may be allowed to sign the 
Constitution and By-Laws by proxy : 

And of Past Grand Charles H. DeWolf, against the decision of Tarratine 
Lodge, No. 27, upon charges against him. 

1st. In the case of brother McGregor, it apears that in July, 1847, ne severed 
his connection with Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, and that subsequently, on the first of 
February last, he was again elected as a member of Sabattis Lodge ; that during 
the time intervening between the said dates he was taken sick ; and that since 
his last admission as a member of the Lodge, he has been voted ten dollars for 
relief in consequence of sickness. 

The committee are of opinion that this action of the Lodge is in accordance 
with the principles of the Order, and that the decision of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, 
in the case referred to should be sustained. 

2d. In the case of the appeal of brother Davis, it is the opinion of your com- 
mittee that, notwithstanding the illegality of signing the constitution by proxy, 
inasmuch as brother McGregor had signed a printed copy of the constitution and 
By-laws of said Lodge, which is now on file in said Lodge, said appeal be dis- 
missed. 

3d. In the case of the appeal by Pa?t Grand DeWolf, it appears that on the 
17th of March last, certain brothers of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, preferred charges 
against him for publishing in a newspaper what they alleged to be falsehoods 
against a brother of the Order ; that the charges were referred to a committee in 
accordance with Article 2, Section 4, Clause 3, of the Constitution ; and that the 
committee, after a hearing of the parties, decided that brother DeWolf, should 
retract the statements which he had made, by an " acknowledgement in the same 
paper in which these wrongs were published, and that without delay," and that 
brother DeWolf be reprimanded before the Lodge by the Noble Grand." Brother 
DeWolf appealed from this decision to the Lodge, which, subsequently, on the 
14th of April last, decided to amend the report of the committee by striking out 
the recommendation relative to reprimand, and to substitute suspension, and in 
that form the report of the committee was adopted. 

It is the opinion of the committee upon the appeal of brother DeWolf to the 
Lodge, from the decision of its committee, that it was the duty of the Lodge to 
decide upon the appeal without increasing the penalty recommended. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 103 

The committee therefore recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolu- 
tions. 

Respectfully submitted 

Per Order, 

William T. Johnson. 

Resolved, That the appeal of Past Grand Snell, from the decision of Sabattis 
Lodge, No. 6, be dismissed. 

Resolved, That inasmuch as it appears that brother McGregor has signed a 
printed copy of the By-Laws of Sabattis Lodge, which copy is now on the file of 
that Lodge, the appeal of brother Davis be dismissed. 

Resolved, That it is irregular for a Lodge to allow its members to sign the Con- 
stitution and by-laws by proxy. 

Resolved, That in the case of the appeal of Past Grand DeWolf from the de- 
cision of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, the said Lodge be directed to decide upon the 
appeal without increasing the penalty recommended by its committee. 

Frederick W. Nichols was elected " to execute such printing as 
may be ordered bj the Grand Lodge." 

The following report was presented and adopted, and the resolu- 
tion passed : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred so much of 
the annual communication of the Most Worthy Grand Master, as relates to the 
subject of reduction of benefits in cases of long standing disease, beg leave to 
report : 

That the importance of the subject entitles it to a more rigid and careful con- 
sideration than can be bestowed upon it at this late period of the Session. Your 
committee are of the opinion that a fair and uniform system of "Benefits" 
should be secured to the Order ; and that when once established, it should be 
strictly adhered to without the slightest deviation. 

Your committee are unanimous in the expression of their opinion against a 
reduction simply from the reason that a brother is so unfortunate as to be charge- 
able to the charities of the Lodge for a long period of time. 

It appears to your committee that this of all reasons is the strongest, the most 
imperative and binding, why the most liberal construction should be always allowed 
and the utmost sums, by pay of weekly benefits, invariably and promptly paid 
over, if need be, from year to year, to the afflicted brother. 

Nevertheless, your committee are of opinion that the system of benefits, as at 
present operating, is liable to many well founded objections, and necessarily sub- 
jects the subordinate Lodges to many impositions, which, if allowed to continue, 
may, it is deeply to be feared, tend to the speedy and total waste of their funds ; 
therefore, to the end that the Order may be the better enabled to protect itself, 
and at the same time more effectually meet the wants of needy, sick and dis- 



104 HISTORY OP 

tressed brethren, their widows and orphans, your committee would respectfully 
ask leave to submit the accompanying resolution, which they recommend to be 
adopted. Respectfully submitted, 

J. Burton, 
S. B. Straw, 
E lis ha Clarke, 
E. P. Butler, 
B. P. Field, 

Committee. 

Resolved, That the Most Worthy Grand Master and his Advisory Board, be 
hereby instructed to inquire into the expediency of so reducing the amount of 
weekly benefits to be paid to sick and distressed brethren, by subordinate Lodges, 
as shall reasonably tend to the security of the several subordinates ; and also 
whether any further legislation is necessary to enable subordinates to confer spec- 
ial relief, in addition to the weekly sums allowed, in cases of urgent necessity ; 
and if deemed advisable, to report their views, with suitable resolves or amend- 
ments, as they may deem proper, to carry the same into effect, at the next session 
of this Grand Lodge. 

The following report and recommendation, were adopted : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred so much of 
the most Worthy Grand Master's communication as relates to re-printing the pro- 
ceedings of this Grand Lodge, ask leave to report : 

Your committee would recommend that a volume containing the proceedings 
of this Grand Lodge from its institution. to the close of the present session, with 
a suitable index, be prepared, and five hundred copies printed under direction of 
*he Right Worthy Grand Secretary ; that each subordinate Lodge be furnished 
with a copy of the same at the expense of this Grand Lodge ; and that the future 
proceedings be printed in a uniform style. 

Respectfully submitted, 

S. B. Straw, 
J. Burton, 
Elisha Clarke, 
E. P. Butler, 
B. P. Field. 

Committee. 

The committee on the state of the Order reported, that it is 
inexpedient for this Grand Lodge to grant charters for degree 
Lodges, and recommend that the degree Lodges now holding char- 
ters be permitted to surrender the same to this Grand Lodge, or 
the Grand Master. 

The report was adopted. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 105 

2 o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The following report was presented, and the resolutions were 
adopted : 

The special committee to whom was referred so much of the 
communication of the Right Worthy Grand Master, as relates to* 
the incorporation of subordinate Lodges have attended to that 
duty and beg leave to report : 

That they fully coincide with the views expressed in the communication of the 
Grand Master, and consider it impolitic and injudicious for Subordinate Lodges to 
avail themselves of the provisions of the act passed at the session of the State 
Legislature of 1847, as bringing upon themselves burdens which are imposed 
upon corporations in this State by the seventy-sixth chapter of the Revised Stat- 
ues of Maine, and without any corresponding advantages to the Lodges or their 
members. The committee are also of opinion that the Subordinate Lodges ob- 
taining their power from, and being amenable to this Grand Lodge, do not possess 
the right or power thus to incorporate themselves, except by special permission 
of this Grand Lodge. 

The committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of the follow- 
ing resolutions : 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge alone possesses the power of granting char- 
ters to Lodges of our Order, to act under this jurisdiction ; and by those charters 
no power is conferred upon them to incorporate themselves by virtue of State 
Statutes ; and that in order to avail themselves of any such statutory provisions 
they must receive the special commission of this Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge are of opinion that it is unwise, impolitic and 
injudicious for subordinates to seek to incorporate themselves und the provis- 
ions of the Statutes of this State, as bringing upon themselves burdens, without 
corresponding advantages, and indeed without any advantage whatever. 

In relation to the subject of safe investment of funds of the subordinate Lodges, 
time will not permit the committee to give it that careful consideration which the 
matter requires. They therefore ask permission to sit during the recess, and re- 
port at the next session of the Grand Lodge, 
Respectfully submitted, 

John H. Williams, 

Chairman. 

The Grand Master appointed the following 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, James Larrabee ; No. 2, Grand Master, (ex-off.) 



106 HISTORY OF 

No. 3, Mark Treadwell ; No. 4, Elisha Clarke ; No. 5, J. C. Lane ; 
No. 6, J. Burton ; No. 7, John Trask, Jr. ; No. 8, John H. Ken- 
nedy ; No. 9, E. W. Pendleton ; No. 10, Ansel Lennan ; No. 11, 
Deputy Grand Master, (ex-off.;*) No. 12, A. L. Yaughan ; No. 
13, Nathan Emerson ; No. 14, Albert Pillsbury ; No. 15, B. P. 
Field. 

John H. Kennedy in the eighth district declined and Uriah W. 
Woodward was appointed in his stead. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

For the year ending May 1, 1848. 

Number of Lodges, 53 ; initiations, 903 ; rejections, 68 ; admitted by 
card 113; withdrawn by card, 169 ; reinstated, 33; suspended, 144; ex- 
pelled, 23; deaths, 50; Past Grands, 362; contributing members, 5,611 ; 
revenue, $27, 671.36; brothers relieved, 580, widowed families relieved, 
13; paid for relief of brothers, $10,076.44; paid for relief of widowed 
families, $378.90; paid for education of orphans, $11.50 ; paid for bury- 
ing the dead, $1,363.33; total relief, $11,928.97; widow and orphans' 
fund, $3,389,53; money received, $23,130.09; funds on hand, $40,137. 
61. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 2, 1849. 

Officers present, Allen Haines, Grand Master ; S. B. Straw, 
Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. F. Flint, Grand Warden ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Harris C. Barnes, Grand 
Treasurer ; George W. Batchelder, Grand Marshal. 

The following Past Grands, were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree, viz : 

Saco Lodge, No. 2, Joseph P. Adams ; Ancient Brothers, No. 
4, C. C. Harmon, Cyrus Cummings ; Ligonia, No. 5, Nathaniel 
Elsworth, Daniel L. Choate ; Relief, No. 8, James W. Sayward ; 
Saccarappa, No. 11, George C. Codman, Thomas S. Smith ; Ho- 
bomok, No. 16, Samuel Crowell, Daniel Owen, Jr., Androscoggin, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 107 

No. 24, Benjamin Dunn, Nelson B. Reynolds ; Tarratine, No. 27, 
W. T. Plaisted, David Norton; Olive Branch, No. 28, Levi 
Barnes, William A. Mclntire ; Cumberland, No. 30, R. K. Hunt 
Howard, No. 33, Jacob Longfellow, 3d ; Carrabasset, No. 34, A 
H. Gilman ; Narramsic, No. 36, A. W. Russell, Thomas G. Saun 
ders ; Eastern Star, No. 40, Elijah Walker ; Norombequa, No 
43, Amory Otis, Seth Padelford ; Laconia, No. 44, S. W. Luques ; 
Central, No. 45, J. B. Fillebrown ; Pequawket, No. 46, Zechariah 
Gibson; Canal, No. 48, T. M. Morrow; Carratunk, No. 49, El- 
hanan W. McFadden ; North Anson, No. 51, Albert Moore, J. M. 
Wilder ; Gaugus, No. 54, James A. Milliken, James G. Sanborn ; 
Lemon Stream, No. 5E>, Abram Spooner. 

The Grand Master submitted his report. 

He announced the death of Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer, and 
spoke of him as " one of the most active and useful of our associ- 
ates." He had received a letter from Saco Valley, No. 21, located 
in Conway, N. H., asking permission to initiate the several resi- 
dents of this State therein named. Becoming satisfied that from 
their location, these candidates would not be likely to connect them- 
selves with any Lodges in this jurisdiction ; and receiving the 
assent of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, — the only one in their imme- 
diate vicinity, he had granted the permission asked for. He had 
received a circular from a joint committee of Lehigh Lodge, No. 
83, and Allen Lodge, No. 71, of Allentown, Pa., " asking pecun- 
iary aid in consequence of loss by fire." The circular bore the 
approval of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Pennsyl- 
vania. The result of caretul consideration did not satisfy him of 
the expediency of recommending our subordinates to contribute to 
the relief of the Allentown Lodges. They are located in one of 
the largest and richest States in the Union, and in which there are 
about six times as many Lodges, as there are in Maine. Their 
character and condition being well known throughout their own 
vast and wealthy jurisdiction, they could hardly fail to receive at 
home, all necessary relief. He had examined and approved forty- 
six full sets of by-laws of subordinates, besides sundry amendments. 



108 HISTORY OP 

He had refused to approve an amendment providing for a reduction 
of benefits in cases of long continued sickness, also had refused to 
approve a by-law requiring one-eighth of the ballots cast to be 
black, to reject an application for degrees, believing that candidates 
for degrees, should be ballotted for in the same manner as candi- 
dates for initiation, and it should require only the same number of 
black balls to reject. _ He alluded to the objectionable principle of 
fixing penalties to crimes, as being still retained in the by-laws of 
Adelphian and Passagassawakeag Lodges, saying, if we have 
specified penalties for intoxication and profanity, as do these 
Lodges, the community will very naturally suppose that we admit 
members addicted to drunkenness and profane swearing ; this would 
be a libel upon our order. He recommended the subject to the 
consideration of the Grand Lodge. 

He stated that circulars had been distributed to the subordinate 
Lodges inviting them to contribute to the u Wildey Fund and An- 
nuity.'' accompanied with special instructions to report directly to 
the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge. During the recess, he 
had granted dispensations for five new Lodges, viz : Gaugus Lodge, 
No. 54, at Cherryfield ; Lemon Stream Lodge, No. 55, at New 
Portland ; Warren Lodge, No. 56, at Warren ; Ockonostota 
Lodge, No. 57, at Sullivan ; Franklin Lodge, No. 58, at Farming- 
ton. 

He recommended that two sets of regalia and jewels be pur- 
chased and deposited with the Right Worthy Grand Secretary of 
the Grand Lodge of the United States, at Baltimore, for the use of 
the Grand Representatives from this State. He stated that, in 
pursr ance of instructions, the Grand Secretary had caused to be 
republished the journal of proceedings of this Grand Lodge, from 
its institution to the close of the last session inclusive, and he rec- 
ommended that one copy of this volume be presented to the Grand 
Lodge of the United States ; one to each State Grand Lodge, and 
one to the Grand Lodge of British North America. 

He recommended the repeal of the restriction imposed, at the 
last session, upon subordinate Lodges becoming incorporated, so 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 109 

that such as choose so to do, may avail themselves of the provis- 
ions of the Statute of 1847. He said that agreeably to the rec- 
ommendation of the Grand Lodge, Union Degree Lodges Nos. 1, 
and 2, had surrendered their charters. All degrees are now uni- 
formly conferred by subordinates. 

The following special communication was presented by the Grand 
Master, being a Digest of the decisions made by him during the 
year. 

To the Officers and members of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, I. 0. O. F. of 
the State of Maine : 

Brothers : — During the recess my official opinions have been asked upon sev- 
eral questions of interest to the Order. These have all been promptly considered 
and decided according to my best judgment. I herewith submit my decisions to 
the Grand Lodge. If approved, they will become settled law within this jurisdic- 
tion. 

i, The question : " Does it take a majority vote to rescind a vote whereby a 
candidate is elected ?" I have decided in the affirmative, upon the general prin- 
ciple, that in all cases not specially regulated by law, a majority vote is required 
by parliamentary rules. 

2. The question : " Can a Past Grand who is under suspension for non-pay- 
ment of dues, be admitted to the Grand Lodge ? " I have decided in the negative. 
To be admitted there, he must present a certificate from his Lodge that he is a 
Past Grand, in good statiding. 

3. The question: "Can a motion to reconsider a rescinding vote be enter- 
tained ? " I have decided in the negative. A rescinding vote is a final vote that 
cannot be disturbed by a motion to reconsider. 

4. The question : " Has a subordinate Lodge the right to postpone an in- 
stallation from the first meeting in the term ? " I have decided in the affirmative. 
Though the constitution provides that the officers of subordinate Lodges " shall 
be installed at the first meeting in each term," it could not have been intended to 
confine installations to one evening only under all circumstances. Installations 
should not however be postponed except for urgent reasons. 

5. The question : " In the absence of the Noble Grand, is the Vice Grand 
competent to confer Degrees ?" I have decided in the affirmative, upon the prin- 
ciple laid down in the Digest, that in the absence of the Noble Grand, "it is the 
duty of the Vice Grand to fulfil all his functions." 

6. To the question : " In the absence of the Noble Grand, should the Vice 
Grand sign his own name or the name of the Noble Grand, to a card ? " I have 
replied, that in such case it is the duty of the Vice Grand to sign his own name, 
adding the words " Acting Noble Grand." This will show why the Noble Grand's 
name is not found upon the card. 



110 HISTORY OF 

7. The question : " Has a subordinate Lodge authority to open its Hall to 
the public on the occasion of its dedication ? " I have decided in the negative — 
deeming a dispensation necessary to authorize public proceedings of the Order 
in all cases not expressly provided for by existing law. 

8. The question : " Is the report of a visiting committee that a brother is en- 
titled to benefits, conclusive upon his Lodge ? " 

I have decided in the negative. Such a report is subject to all the general rules 
that govern reports of committees made to deliberative assemblies. 

9. The question ; " Should other Lodges be notified of the expulsion of a 
brother during the pendency of an appeal to the Grand Lodge ? " I have decided 
in the negative. After an appeal is taken, no penalty attaches till a final decision 
is had in the appellate tribunal. 

10. To the question : " When is a brother to be considered in arrears to his 
Lodge ? " I have replied that, in the absence of any by-law to the contrary, all 
assessments become due at the close of the quarter. From that day then a de- 
linquent maybe considered in arrears. 

11. To the question: "Can an offending brother, against whom no charges 
are formally preferred, be expelled from his Lodge upon a confession of his 
guilt ? " I have replied that no brother can be legally expelled except upon 
charges preferred agreeably to clause 2, Section 4, Article 2, of the constitution 
of subordinates. But the Grand Lodge of the United States have settled that 
"if a member acknowledges his guilt upon charges prefer ed, the penalty may be 
imposed without trial." 

12. The question: "Should a motion for the reinstatement of a suspended 
member lay over one week ? " I have decided in the affirmative. By clause 5, 
Section 4, Article 2, of the constitution of subordinates, it is provided that "when 
a motion for the suspension or expulsion of a brother is submitted in due form 
it shall not be acted upon till the next regular meeting." The object of this 
postponement is two-fold : to give the accused time to prepare his defence, and 
notice to the members that action on the case is to be had at a specified time # 
The principle of this provision should be applied to all motions for reinstatement 
of suspended brothers. 

It is only the general principle requiring reasonable notice to all parties inter- 
ested. 

13. The question: "Can a Lodge reconsider a vote whereby a suspended 
brother is reinstated ? " I have decided in the negative. By the vote of reinstate- 
ment, the brother has again become a member of the Lodge, and cannot be ous- 
ted therefrom by the summary and often careless process of reconsideration. 

14. To the question": " What is the position of a candidate for admission to a 
subordinate Lodge, when the vote whereby he was elected is rescinded ?" I have 
replied that he is in precisely the same position as he was at the moment before 
the ballot for his admission was taken. The provision for rescinding a vote of 
election was inserted in the constitution for the reason that that vote could no 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. Ill 

be reconsidered, and something was required to protect the order against the ad- 
mission of members, whose unworthiness was discovered between the time of 
election and initiation. By rescinding a vote of election and throwing the candi- 
date back upon the Lodge, his case is again open for investigation. 

15. The question : "Can a Lodge suspend or expel a member who has left 
the State ?" I have decided in the affirmative. Wherever his residence may be, 
a brother is accountable to his Lodge during the whole continuance of his mem- 
bership. 

This principle results from the necessity of the case. For if we could not 
reach an offending brother beyond the limits of our own jurisdiction, by remain- 
ing abroad, he might continue in open violation of the laws of the Order with 
impunity. 

16. The question: "Does a by-law in these words — i The Noble Grand shall 
appoint all officers and committees not otherwise provided for,'' preclude the Lodge 
from nominating or electing special committees ? " I have decided in the nega. 
tive. Such a by-law leaves the Lodge at liberty to provide for the appointment 
of special committees in any way it may think proper. But in all cases where 
the Lodge does not decide how a special committee shall be raised, the appoint- 
ment devolves upon the Noble Grand. 

17. To the question : "Does not a brother violate the principles of Odd Fel- 
lowship and lay himself liable to expulsion, when he persists in retailing spiritu- 
ous liquors, against all law and against good morals ?" I have replied that 
had the Legislature considered retailing spirituous liquors an offence against 
good morals, it would never have provided that the privilege might be purchased 
for a mere pecuniary consideration, though the fundamental principles of Odd 
Fellowship cover the whole field of moral obligations, from the universality 
of their character, their application must necessarily be limited by the laws of the 
State. From this view of the subject it will be readily seen, that however much 
it is to be regretted that a brother should continue to bring reproach upon the 
Order, by persisting in a traffic, which is entailing so much misery upon the 
community, such a case can be reached effectually by nothing short of positive 
enactment. 

18. To the question : "Has a brother, under suspension, a right to a discharge 
from his Lodge, and can one so situated again become a member of the Order 
by initiation ? " I have replied that a brother under suspension has no right to a 
discharge from his Lodge. His membership continues with all its liabilities ; but 
without its privileges. His membership excludes him from admission to another 
Lodge by initiation. 

19. To the question: "Does a by-law providing that no member who is in 
arrears over the amount of two quarters assessments, shall be eligible to receive 
benefits, affect one who is not in arrears at the time he is taken sick ; but who 
becomes so during his illness ? " I have replied in the negative. When a 
brother is entitled to benefits, his Lodge is his debtor, and a neglect to reserve 
the amount of his assessments as they become due shall be permitted to work no 



112 HISTORY OF 

injury to the sick brother. A contrary principle would put it in the power of a 
Lodge by a mere show of liberality to cut off any brother who might become too 
helpless to attend to his pecuniary matters. 

20. The question : "Can a brother be expelled for non-payment of dues ?" 
I have decided in the negative. For a delinquency of this character, suspension is 
the proper remedy. Expulsion would be a penalty out of all proportion to the 
offence committed. Besides, when a member is expelled, he cannot be reinstated 
without the consent of the Grand Lodge, while a suspended brother can be re- 
instated at the will of the subordinate. And in cases of suspension the Lodge 
is sufficiently protected ; for by refusing or neglecting to reinstate, the suspen- 
sion becomes perpetual. 

Allen Haines, 

Grand Master. 

The above communication was referred to a committee consist- 
ing of Past Grand Masters Pratt and Deering, and Past Grand 
Hersey, who subsequently submitted the following report, which 
was adopted. 

The special committee to whom was referred sundry decisions 
made by the Grand Master, upon questions submitted by him, 
report that they entirely concur in all the opinions expressed in the 
communication referred to them, except the following, viz : 

To the question No. 4, "Has a subordinate Lodge the right to postpone an 
installation from the first meeting in the term ? " the Grand Master decided in the 
affirmative ; stating however that the installation should be only postponed from 
urgent reasons. 

We believe that the provision in the constitution in relation to this subject is 
imperative, and should be so considered ; and it should not be postponed unless 
from such necessity, as the absence of the candidates, or there being no Past 
Grand present to preside at the installation. If Lodges have a discretion left 
them, and make it a matter of convenience, it will serve to retard the forwarding 
of reports and dues, a matter already too much neglected ; in consequence of 
which great inconvenience is experienced by the Grand Officers. 

To the question No. 7, "Has a subordinate Lodge authority to open its hall 
to the public on the occasion of its dedication ?" the Grand Master answered in 
the negative. 

He has probably overlooked the resolutions passed in 1846, page 218, of the 
printed proceedings of the Grand Lodge, giving permission to subordinates to 
open their halls to the public on occasions of dedications. 

To the question No. 9, "Should the notice of an expulsion of a brother be 
sent to Lodges pending an appeal by him to the Grand Lodge ? " The Grand 
Master has decided in the negative. We think the decision in this case is in- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 113 

correct. The expulsion should be notified, but at the same time the fact should 
be stated in the notice that an appeal had been taken ; otherwise a brother, thus 
situated, might have an opportunity to visit Lodges and enjoy many privileges of 
the Order, perhaps to its great injury, for nearly a whole year, and, after all 
decline to prosecute his appeal. 

To the question No. 17, "Does not a brother violate the principles of Odd 
Fellowship and lay himself liable to expulsion when he persists in retailing 
spirituous liquors, against all law, and good morals ? " The Grand Master has 
decided in the negative, upon the ground that it is a privilege that might be pur- 
chased for a trifling sum. We are not aware of any such provision in the law ; 
and if there is such, it certainly would not apply to retailing against law. In 
clause 1, section 4, of the constitution of subordinates, it is provided that any 
member who shall violate any of the principles of the Order, shall be suspended 
or expelled, &c. It cannot be doubted that all violations of law are also viola- 
tions against the principles of the Order, and therefore the selling of spirituous 
liquors against law, is in our opinion a proper subject for charges against a 
brother, under the general laws and regulations of the Order. 

Nath'l F. Deering, 
James Pratt, 

Committee. 

The Grand Secretary reported that he had received from subor- 
dinate Lodges in this jurisdiction contributions as follows : for 
Wildey fund $52.90; for Wildey annuity, $26.40 ; also that he 
had caused to have published one thousand copies of the proceed- 
ings of the Grand Lodge, the price fixed by the advisory board 
was one dollar, twelve and a half cents, for a single copy, one dollar 
each for ten copies delivered to one order. 

Cost of first five hundred copies, $587.66. Cost of second five 
hundred copies, $239.00. 

Charters were granted to the following Lodges : Gaugus Lodge, 
No. 54 ; Lemon Stream Lodge, No. 55 ; Warren Lodge, No. 56 ; 
Ockonostota Lodge, No. 57 ; Franklin Lodge, No. 58. 

The Grand Secretary was directed to present copies of the vol- 
ume of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, in accordance with 
the recommendation of the Grand Master. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 



114 HISTORY OF 

Grand Representatives Deering and Smith made their report. 
They were gratified to witness throughout the- session, the utmost 
good feeling, and all that dignity and decorum so essential to the 
efficiency of such a body. An attempt was made to change the 
terms from three to six months ; also from six to twelve months. 
The Grand Lodge by a decided vote determined to retain the pres- 
ent system of six months. 

An attempt was made to procure the consent of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, that State Grand Bodies should have 
the power of meeting alternately at such places in their State, as 
they should determine upon from time to time. 

The Grand Lodge decided, as they have before, that they would 
not recognize the existence of moveable Lodges. A resolution 
was adopted, providing that Secretaries of Lodges should notify 
Encampments of the suspension, and of the reinstatement of En- 
campment members ; the Scribes of the Encampments having 
previously notified the Lodges of the members "belonging to their 
Encampments. 

The subject of regalia to be worn at funerals was again brought 
before the Grand Lodge of the United States, and it was deter- 
mined, by resolution, to leave the whole matter to State Grand 
Bodies to prescribe as they might judge proper what should be 
worn by subordinates. 

It was declared that visitors to Grand or subordinate bodies 
must be received in open Lodge, and not otherwise. 

The question of allowing cards to be granted during the recess 
of a Lodge, was reported upon by the committee on the state of the 
Order ; and it was declared that such a practice would conflict 
with the positive laws of the Order, and could not be allowed. 

On motion of Past Grand Master Pratt, the following resolutions 
were unanimously adopted : 

Forasmuch as in the Providence of God, our worthy brother, 
Rufus Read, late Grand Treasurer of this Grand Lodge, has been 
removed by death since our last meeting, therefore. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 115 

Resolved, That we enter upon our Records our sense of the loss which we have 
sustained by his removal. Ardent in his attachment to Odd Fellowship, faithful 
in the discharge of all the duties which devolved upon him in the various rela- 
tions of life, he had endeared himself to manv hearts among us and his decease 
will long be felt as a mysterious dispensation, and as an event by us to be de- 
plored. 

Resolved, That the members of this Grand Lodge sincerely sympathize with 
the relatives and friends, and particularly with the children of the deceased, who, 
by this peculiarly distressing event, have been deprived of their only parent. 

Resolved, That the members of this Grand Lodge wear the usual badge of 
mourning during the session. 

Resolved, That the hall in which we are assembled be hung in mourning during 
the continuance of this session. 

Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the records of this Grand 
Lodge, and a copy thereof be transmitted by the Grand Secretary to the family 
of the deceased. 

The hour previously assigned having arrived, the Grand Lodge 
proceeded to election of officers, with the following result : 

Elisha Clarke, Grand Master; John Trask, Jr., Deputy Grand 
Master ; George W. Batchelder, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kings- 
bury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Harris C. Barnes, Grand Treasurer ; 
J. A. Milliken, Grand Chaplain ; Allen Haines, Grand Represen- 
tative ; Frederick W. Nichols was elected printer to Grand Lodge. 

The Grand Officers were then installed. The Grand Master 
made the following appointments : Oliver S. Beale, Grand Mar- 
shal ; George C. Codman, Grand Inside Guardian ; William E. 
Kimball, Grand Outside Guardian. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to nine o'clock, A. M., of the next 



May 3, 9 o'clock, a. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The special committee to whom was referred so much of the 
Grand Master's communication as relates to weekly benefits, and 
special relief, unanimously recommended the adoption of the prin- 
ciples therein contained. 

Adopted. 



116 HISTORY OF 

Past Grand David Norton submitted the following question : 

"A subordinate votes to suspend a member. From that decision the member 
appeals, and a new trial is not granted. When should notice be sent to other 
Lodges, and when does the term of suspension commence ? " It was answered 
as follows : 

ist. Notice should be sent to other Lodges immediately after the vote to sus- 
pend. 

2d. The term of suspension commences upon the first action of the Lodge. 

The following resolution in regard to balloting for degrees was 
adopted : 

Resolved, That in balloting for degrees, if three or more of the balls cast shall 
be black, the candidate shall be rejected. 

The committee of finance reported that the Grand Lodge was in 
debt about four hundred dollars, over the amount due said Grand 
Lodge. That the debt was contracted in printing the " Journal of 
the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge " (in book form) and on the 
recommendation of the committee, the following resolutions were 
adopted : 

Resolved, That an assessment be imposed upon each subordinate Lodge, equal 
in amount to ten cents for each contributing mem'ber thereof; and that the same 
be made due and payable to the Grand Secretary on or before the first day of 
July, 1849. 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed, upon receipt of the amount 
of the assessment due from each subordinate Lodge, to forward to the Noble 
Grand thereof so many copies of the Journal of the Proceedings of the Grand 
Lodge as shall be equivalent to the amount of said tax, at the rate of one dollar 
per copy. 

Upon recommendation of the committee on the State of the Or- 
der it was resolved " that it is utterly inconsistent with the princi- 
ples of Odd Fellowship to deprive a sick brother of the benefits 
for the first week's sickness." 

Permission was given to Samaritan Lodge to reinstate Octavius 
Wright, who had been expelled from that Lodge. 

On report of the committee on pay-roll, the sum of $411.50, 
was appropriated for that purpose. 

The following report was presented and accepted, and the reso- 
lutions adopted : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 117 

The committee on Grievances have had under consideration the appeals of 
Past Grand David Norton, from the decision of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, in the 
case of an implicated brother : 

Of brother William Q. Wheeler, from the action of Somerset and Franklin 
Lodge, No. 21, in relation to benefits claimed by him : 

And of brother James Low, from the action of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, in 
relation to benefits claimed by him. 

1st. In the case of the appeal of Past Grand David Norton, it appears that in 
August last a brother of the Order was arraigned on charges of improper con- 
duct preferred against him ; that he confessed to delinquency on certain of said 
charges ; the committee appointed to investigate the charges, reported to the 
Lodge two motions ; one, that the implicated brother be suspended as the penalty 
of one series of offences ; and the other, that he be expelled as the penalty for 
the other series of offences. The Lodge adopted the first motion and rejected 
the other. 

Past Grand Norton appeals from the action of the Lodge on the second motion 
of the committee, on the ground that " where charges have been legally preferred 
and acknowledged by the respondent it is not competent for the Lodge to refuse 
to impose the penalty affixed by the constitution and by-laws," it is the opinion 
of the committee that the action of the Lodge in the case referred to, was in con- 
formity with its constitution and by-laws, which leave the degree of punishment 
for the perpretration of offences, to the discretion of the Lodge. 

2d. In the case of the appeal of brother William Q. Wheeler, from the action 
of Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 21, the committee have to say that it does 
not appear that the Lodge have been notified of the pendency of this appeal, 
and they are of opinion that notice should be ordered. 

3d. The case of the appeal of brother James Low from the action of Sacca- 
rappa Lodge, No. 11, is similar to that of case No. 2, and the same action is rec- 
ommended. 
The committee recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolutions. 
Respectfully submitted. 

Per order, 

W. T. Johnson. 

Resolved, That the appeal of Past Grand Norton from the action of Tarratine 
Lodge, No. 27. be dismissed. 

Resolved, That notice of the pendency of the appeal of brother William Q. 
Wheeler, be issued to Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 2L 

Rosolved, That notice of the pendency of the appeal of brother James Low, be 
issued to Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11. 

The resolutions adopted at the last annual session of the Grand 
Lodge, relative to the incorporation of subordinate Lodges were 
rescinded. 



118 HISTORY OF 

The Grand Secretary was instructed to furnish two sets of re- 
galia and jewels for the use of the Grand Representatives. 
The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, R. C. Fernald ; No. 2, Franklin C. Moody ; No. 
3, Richard K. Hunt : No. 4, Grand Master, (ex-off.) ; No. 5, N. 

B. Reynolds ; No. 6, John Manley ; No. 7, Homer Percival ; No. 
8, C. 0. Atwell ; No. 9, Nathaniel A. Burpee; No. 10, Nathan 

C. Fletcher ; No. 11, David Norton ; No. 12, A. L. Vaughan ; 
No. 13, Amory Otis ; No. 14, James G. Sanborn ; No. 15, Bohan 
P. Field ; No. 16, Deputy Grand Master, (ex -off.) 

The Grand Lodge closed. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Number of iuitiatious, 624; rejections, 49 ; admitted by card, 38 ; with- 
drawn by card, 125 ; reinstated, 45 ; suspended, 392 ; expelled, 39 ; 
deaths, 43 ; Past Grands, 463 ; contributing members, 5,886 ; revenue, 
$22,329.19; funds on hand, $42,243.45; number of brothers relieved, 
544 , families relieved, 24 ; brothers buried, 44 ; paid for relief of brothers, 
$9,447.30; paid for relief of families, $279.50 ; for education of orphans, 
$74.58 ; for burying the dead, $1,029.00 ; total amount of relief, $10,830. 
38. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, July 9, 1851. 

Officers present, Elisha Clarke, Grand Master ; John Trask, Jr., 
Deputy Grand Master ; George W. Batchelder, Grand Warden ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, jr., Grand Secretary. 

Certificates of the following Past Grands, having been examined 
and found correct, they were accordingly admitted to the Grand 
Lodge Degree : 

Maine Lodge, No. 1, Moses W. Adams, James Bailey, Samuel 
R. Leavitt ; Ancient Brothers, No. 4, L. F. Pingree, Samuel S. 
Rich ; Ligonia, No. 5, S. B. Beckett ; Sabattis, No. 6, John 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 119 

Manley; Penobscot, No. 7, M. Gilligan ; Relief, No. 8, C. C. 
Chandler; Natahnis, No. 9, Joseph Few; Saccarappa, No. 11, 
Christopher Way ; Kenduskeag, No. 12, N. H. Colton ; Passag- 
assawakeag, No. 15, D. D. Pinkham, L. R. Wing ; Somerset and 
Franklin, No. 21, Silas W. Turner; Medomak, No. 22, A. T. 
Moses, John B. Wildes ; Tarratine, No. 27, Newall Blake, John 
Hutchins ; Olive Branch, No. 28, F. H. Whitehouse, Jacob S. 
Pray, E. R. Cate ; Cumberland, No. 30, George G. Wright ; 
Damariscotta, No. 32, Thatcher T. Wales ; Carrabasset, No. 34, 
Osgood Sawyer ; Union, No. 35, William Adams, Z. Collins ; As- 
toria, No. 38, Adam Grant; Eastern Star, No. 40, N. M. Hard- 
ing, George Spear ; Central, No. 45, D. B. Randall, D. Higgins : 
Pequawket, No. 46, Eli B. Bean ; North Anson, No. 51, Joel 
Fletcher, Daniel Bunker ; Adams, No. 52, Nathan White, Daniel 
B. Hale; Lemon Stream, No. 55, Simeon C. Hanson, Ockonos- 
tota, No. 57, Benjamin F. Ingalls ; Franklin, No. 58, William 
Tripp. 

The Grand Master made his annual report in which he stated 
that soon after the close of the last session he issued an official cir- 
cular, notifying all the subordinate Lodges of the fact, that the 
Grand Lodge had laid an assessment of ten cents for each con- 
tributing member, on the several subordinates, in this jurisdiction, 
which assessment was made due and payable to the Grand Secre- 
tary on or before the first day of July then next ensuing. He 
further stated that a majority of the subordinates had cordially re- 
sponded within the required time, and by nearly all within a few 
months of that time. Some of the subordinates had regarded it as 
their duty, whilst promptly liquidating this assessment, at the same 
time to enter their protest against the measure. So far as he 
could learn, these "protests" are mainly against the purpose which 
made the assessment immediately necessary, rather than from any 
settled hostility against contributing in this manner. He stated 
that he had learned that Kennebec Lodge, No. 37, located at Hal- 
lowell, had voted to dissolve as a Lodge ; also that Vesper Lodge, 
No. 47, located at Camden, had surrendered its charter, books, and 



120 history or 

other effects to the Grand Lodge. He had granted a dispensation 
for one Lodge, viz : " Felix Lodge," No. 59, instituted at New- 
burgh, on the second day of January, 1850. He expressed the 
opinion that the necessity of change of policy in respect to pay- 
ment of delegates to the Grand Lodge was imperatively called for, 
and suggested that the matter be left entirely with the subordi- 
nates. He expressed the opinion that many of the subordinates 
have been, and still are paying too high rates of weekly benefits, 
and suggested the propriety of introducing a general, uniform, and 
at the same time, permanent system of benefits, throughout the 
jurisdiction. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2J o'clock, P. M. 



2i o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Master, in a special communication, stated that un- 
der date of Dec. 29, 1849, Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, had submitted 
to him for approval two amendments to their by-laws, the one reduc- 
ing the benefits for scarlet members to ten cents per week, instead 
of five dollars — and the other to five cents, instead of three dollars. 

These amendments the Grand Master deemed tantamount to strik- 
ing off the benefits entirely, and declined to approve it. 

He also stated that under date of January 18, 1850, the same 
Lodge submitted for approval an amendment providing for regular 
meetings of that subordinate only on the first Saturday evening of 
each month, instead of each week. Regarding a change of this 
character, as effecting very materially, the long established, and 
fundamental objects of our Order, he could not deem it proper to 
yield his assent. 

The foregoing special communication was referred to the com- 
mittee on the State of the Order, who reported the following reso- 
lution, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the refusal of the Most Worthy Grand Master to approve the 
by-laws of Cushnoc Lodge, providing for a reduction of benefits to mere nominal 
sums, and providing for holding monthly instead of weekly meetings, is approved 
by this Grand Lodge. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 121 

The Grand Master, also presented a special communication in 
regard to Hobomok Lodge, No. 16, submitting the correspondence 
with that Lodge in relation to the " ten cent assessment," in the 
course of which it appeared, that the Lodge repeatedly refused to 
pay the assessment. The Grand Master stated that he had sus- 
pended the Lodge for insubordination. 

The matter was referred to the committee of the whole, who 
after due consideration, reported the following resolution, which 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That the action of the M. W. Grand Master in suspending Hobomok 
Lodge, No. 1 6, for an act of insubordination, admitted and persisted in, be and 
the same is hereby confirmed and continued until that Lodge shall return to the 
performance of its duties to the R. W. Grand Lodge, and a compliance with the 
rightful demands of that body. 

The following Grand Officers were elected : 

S. B. Straw, Grand Master ; Ezra B. French, Deputy Grand 
Master ; John H. Williams, Grand Warden ; Benjamin Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary ; Samuel R. Leavitt, Grand Treasurer ; 
Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain ; Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., 
Grand Representative. 

The office of Printer to the Grand Lodge was abolished. 

The committee on Elections and Returns, reported that Kenne- 
bec Lodge, No. 37, and Vesper Lodge, No. 47, had made no re- 
turns for July, 1849, and January, 1850. 

The following was adopted : 

Resolved, That so much of the resolve granting compensation to representa- 
tives from the subordinate Lodges, for their attendance upon the Grand Lodge, 
passed August 2, 1844, be and the same is hereby repealed. 

The Grand Officers elect were then duly installed into their re- 
spective chairs. 

The Grand Master appointed the following officers : 

B. M. Flint, Grand Marshal; E. R. Cate, Grand Inside Guar- 
dian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Joseph P. Adams ; No. 2, Charles C. Harmon ; 



122 HISTORY OF 

No. 3, James Webb ; No. 4, Asber Ellis ; No. 5, J. E. F. Dunn ; 
No. 6, George W. Batcbelder ; No. 7, James M. Wilder; No. 8, 
Deputy Grand Master, Qex-off.~) ; No. 9, George Crawford ; No. 

10, Otis Kaler ; No. 11. Grand Master, (ex-off.) ; No. 12, Asa 
Smith ; No, 13, Nathan White ; No. 14, James G. Sanborn ; No. 
15, T. M, Morrow ; No. 16, Abram Spooner. 

The matter of appeal of brother William P. Wheeler was re- 
ferred to Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 21, for further inves- 
tigation. 

The appeal of brother James Low, of Sacoarappa Lodge, No. 

11, was dismissed. 

It was deemed impracticable to attempt to have a uniform sys- 
tem of benefits. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the clause in the by-laws of Natahnis Lodge, No. 9, which pro- 
vides that "the by-laws shall not be altered or amended, unless by a vote of two- 
thirds of all the members of the Lodge," be and the same hereby is declared 
null and void. 

The committee on that subject submitted the following report, 
which was adopted : 

The committee to which was referred so much of the annual communication 
of the M. W. Grand Master, as relates to Kennebec Lodge, No. 37, have had the 
same under consideration, and ask leave to report : 

That Kennebec Lodge, on the 9th of May, 1849, (as appears by the record of 
said Lodge, a copy of which was communicated with the communication of the 
Grand Master,) voted to sell its property, and divide the proceeds of the sale, 
together with the cash funds then on hand, between the bona fide members of said 
Lodge, in proportion to the amount paid by them." 

At the same meeting a resolution was adopted, declaring said Lodge dissolved. 

It also appears, that on the 29th of June, 1850, after repeated efforts to reinstate 
said Lodge, the D. D. Grand Master of the sixth district, made a demand, by 
order of the M. W. Grand Master, for the records, papers and funds, (the charter 
and work-books having been previously surrendered, of said Lodge,) which the 
authorities refused to comply with ; and also refused to pay the amount of the 
assessment laid at the last session of the R. W. Grand Lodge. 

It also appears that said Lodge has failed to make its semi-annual reports to 
this Grand Lodge, since the term ending December 31st, 1848. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 123 

In view of the foregoing facts, the committee reeommend the adoption of the 
oil owing resolutions. 

Samuel R. Leavitt, 
John Manley, 

Committee, 

Resolved, That Kennebec Lodge, No. 37, be and hereby is, expelled from this 
jurisdiction and from the Order. 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master be hereby authorized and empowered 
to grant certificates, under the seal of this Grand Lodge, to all such brothers of 
Kennebec Lodge, No. 37, as in the opinion of the Grand Master, on the recom- 
mendation of the D. D. Grand Master of the sixth District, shall be worthy to re- 
ceive the same ; Provided, that said brothers shall pay over to the R. W. Grand 
Secretary all such sums of money that they may receive in the divisions of the 
funds of said Lodge. 

A charter was granted to Felix Lodge, No. 59. 

In consequence of Pejepscot Lodge, having suffered bj fire the 
loss of its charter, the Grand Master was directed to issue another 
charter to said Lodge, free of expense. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports from 55 Lodges for the year ending April 1, 1850, show the 
total number of initiations to be 334 ; of rejections, 22 ; of admissions by 
card, 27 ; withdrawn by card, 144 ; reinstated, 72 ; suspended, 579 ; ex- 
pelled, 31 ; deaths, 45 ; Past Grands, 573 ; contributing members, 5,052 ; 
revenue, $20,372.02. 

The reports from 50 Lodges show the number of brothers relieved to be 
511 ; widowed families relieved, 27 ; brothers buried 43 ; paid for relief of 
brothers, $8,437.35; paid for relief of widowed families, $286.86; paid 
for education of orphans, $78.33 ; paid for burying the dead, $892.12; 
total amount paid for relief, $9,744.66 ; funds on hand, $43,637.03. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, July 8, 1851. 
Officers present, S. B. Straw, Grand Master ; Ezra B. French, 
Deputy Grand Master; John II. Williams, Grand Warden ; Ben- 
jamin Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. F. Flint, Grand 
Marshal. 



124 HISTOKY OP 

The following Past Grands, being in possession of proper certi- 
ficates were admitted to the Grand Lodge Degree : 

Henry C. Lovell, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; Samuel Waterhouse, 
Jr., Nathaniel liedlon, Elbridge Tobie, of Ancient Brothers 
Lodge, No. 4 ; Joseph C. Noyes, of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5 ; S. H. 
Burpee, Maynard Sumner, C. L. Allen, of Relief Lodge, No. 8 ; 
J. T. Gilman, of Lincoln Lodge, No. 10 ; J. P. Libby, J. M. Babb, 
of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11; A. N. Yeaton, of Kenduskeag 
Lodge, No. 12 ; Ansel Lothrop, Samuel Edwards, of Passagassa- 
wakeag Lodge, No, 15 ; 1). M. Hall, of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27 ; 
Russell Lamson, of Cumberland Lodge, No. 30 ; Perez Woodward, 
of Damariscotta Lodge, No. 32; William Philbrick, of Carrabasset 
Lodge, No. 34 ; Otis Kaler, of Astoria Lodge, No. 38 ; John S. 
Case, of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 40 ; W. P. Burill, Edward 
Whitcomb, of Adelphian Lodge, No. 42 ; George W. Brown, of 
Norembequa Lodge, No. 43 ; Charles C. Goodwin, of Laconia 
Lodge, No. 44 ; J. E. F. Dunn, of Central Lodge, No.,45 ; Syl- 
vanus B. Bean, of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46 ; Freeman Jackson, 
of Gaugus Lodge, No. 54 ; J, Edward Ham, of Franklin Lodge, 
No. 58 ; Dudley Bean, of Felix Lodge, No. 59 ; Amasa T. C. 
Dodge, of Oriental Lodge, No. 60. 

The Grand Master submitted his annual report. 

He congratulated the Grand Lodge " upon the many evidences 
of the prosperity, zeal and usefulness of the Order within our juris- 
diction." He stated that he had granted dispensations for two 
new Lodges, viz: Oriental Lodge, No. 60, located at Dixmont, and 
Sandy River Lodge, No. 61, located at Phillips. 

In the latter part of January he received a communication from 
the N. G. of Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, advising him that that Lodge 
had surrendered to this body, the charter, books and papers of that 
subordinate, also in the latter part of March, he was advised by 
the D. D. Grand Master of the 9fch district, that Lafayette Lodge, 
No. 31, had proposed to him to surrender their charter to this body. 
Having been previously informed that Layafette Lodge had no 



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funds, but six or eight effective members, and not interest sufficient 
to elect officers, he. did not hesitate to authorize the District Deputy 
to receive the charter, books and effects of that Lodge, and to de- 
liver them into the possession of the Grand Lodge, which duty had 
been faithfully performed. He said that he was officially informed 
by D. D. Grand Master Ellis, of the 4th district, that in Decem- 
ber he received, by express the charter of Hobomok Lodge, No. 
16, unaccompanied by a communication from any one. This dis- 
courteous procedure was considered as evidence that the Lodge 
wished to absolve itself from the connection it was allowed to hold 
with this body. He therefore directed the District Deputy to 'de- 
mand the books, records, papers and funds of that Lodge, which 
was promptly performed, but without any avail. 

He expressed the opinion that very many of the subordinates are 
paying a higher rate of weekly benefits than their resources will 
warrant. 

Prior to the adjourned session of the Grand Lodge of the Uni- 
ted States he received a communication from P. G. M. Allen 
Haines, resigning the office of Grand Representative. He filled 
the vacancy by the appointment of a distinguished member of the 
Order, P. G. Warden, B. M. Flint. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to the election of officers, which 
resulted as follows : 

Ezra B. French, Grand Master ; Newall Blake, Deputy Grand 
Master; J. T. Gilman, Grand Warden; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., 
Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer ; Cyrus 
Cummings, Grand Chaplain ; Nathan Emerson, Grand Represen- 
tative. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
Benj. M. Flint, Grand Marshal. 
John B. Wildes, Grand Inside Guardian. 
William E. Kimball, Grand Outside Guardian. 



126 HISTORY OF 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Joseph P. Adams ; No, 2, William E. Kimball ; 
No. 3, S. B. Bean ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; No. 5, J. E. F. Dunn ; 
No. 6, William H. Wheeler ; No. 7, William Philbrick ; No. 8, A. 
T. Moses ; No. 9, C. C. Chandler ; No. 10, Otis Kaler ; No. 11, 
Deputy Grand Master, (ex-off.') ; No. 12, Asa Smith ; No. 13, 
Seth Padelford ; No. 14, Freeman Jackson ; No. 15, T. M. 
Morrow ; No. 16, William Tripp. 

The following appeal was presented and referred to the commit- 
tee on the state of the Order : 

Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4. 
Portland, July, 7, 185I. 

Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, in the month of November, 1850, adopted an 
amendment, providing that brothers in said Lodge who stand as initiates only 
shall receive, in case of sickness or disability which shall deprive them of the pow- 
er to gain a livelihood, for the first thirteen weeks, two dollars per week, and for 
any further time that their sickness or disability shall continue, one dollar per 
week ; in like manner, those brothers who stand as scarlet members shall receive 
four dollars per week for the first thirteen weeks, and in case of a continuance of 
illness, they shall receive two dollars per week. 

This amendment was submitted to the Most Worthy Grand Master for his ap- 
proval, which he witheld. Ancient Brothers Lodge, therefore takes an appeal 
from his decision to the Grand Lodge. 

Attest. 

Charles W. Pennell, 

Secretary. 

On this appeal, the committee on the State of the Order made 
the following report : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to which was referred the appeal of 
Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, and so much of the Grand Master's communica- 
tion as relates thereto, have considered the subject and report : 

That the whole subject of the finances of subordinates, and the regulation of 
the amount of weekly benefits, which shall be paid by them, ought to be left to 
the control of the subordinates themselves, within the constitution adopted by 
this body for their government, and the principles of the order. 

The committee do not see that the by-law of Ancient Brothers Lodge, 
from which the approval of the M. W. Grand Master has been witholden, contra- 
venes any of the principles of the Order, and advise that it is in conformity with 
the provisions of the constitution. The committee therefore recommend that the 



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127 



decision of the Grand Master be reversed, and the by-law in question be approv- 
ed and confirmed. 

Respectfuily submitted, 

William R. Smith, 
Elisha Clarke, 
John Trask, Jr., 
J. E. F. Dunn, 
John Manley. 

Committee. 

The vote on the adoption of the above report was — yeas, 15, — 
nays, 15. Before the chair had announced the result, a call for 
the vote by Lodges was made and sustained. 

Before calling the roll, the Grand Secretary stated that the an- 
nual returns of contributing members for the present year had not 
been publicly received, whereupon it was 

Voted, That the call of Lodges be based on the annual returns made up to 
April, i, 1850, and published in the procceedings of that year. 

The following was the result : 

Yeas — Saco Lodge, 3, Georgian, 2, Ancient Brothers, 3, Li- 
gonia, 3, Sabattis, 3, Relief, 2, Lincoln, 2, Harrison, 2, Andros- 
coggin, 2, Cumberland, 2, Carrabasset, 2, Narramisic, 2, Pequaw- 
ket, 1.— 29. 

Nays — Maine Lodge, 4, Penobscot, 2, Kenduskeag, 2, Passag- 
assawakeag, 3, Medomak, 2, Schoodiac, 2, Tarratine, 2, Damaris- 
cotta, 2, Astoria, 2, Eastern Star, 1, Adelphian, 2, Laconia, 2, 
Gaugus, 1, Franklin, 1, Felix, 1. — 29. 

TheB. W.D. Grand Master, who occupied the chair, then voted 
in the negative on the adoption of the report of the committee on 
the State of the Order, and the report was accordingly rejected. 

The following protest was then read, and on motion, it was or- 
dered on record : 

PROTEST. 

The undersigned, members of the R. W. G. Lodge of Maine, respectfully pro- 
test against the taking a vote by Lodges according to the report made by subor- 
dinates in April, 1850 ; 

Because a vote so taken should be according to the latest returns made by sub- 
ordinates, viz : those made in April, 1851 ; 



128 HISTORY OF 

And because no Lodge which has failed to make a report, can properly be al- 
lowed to vote when a question is to be decided by a vote by Lodges, there being 
no basis upon which the number of votes to which Lodges are entitled can be 
determined. 

Wm. R. Smith, of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6. 

Samuel Waterhouse, Jr., of Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4. 

E. P. Banks, " " " 



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George Crawford, 


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P. G. Banks, requested the consent of the Grand Lodge for An- 
cient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, to appeal from the action of the 
Grand Lodge relative to its amended by-laws, to the R. W. Grand 
Lodge of the United States. Leave was accordingly granted. 

[This appeal we believe was never presented.] 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 10 o'clock, Wednesday morning. 



Wednesday, 10 o'clock, a. m. 

The charter, surrendered by Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, and La- 
fayette Lodge, No. 31, were accepted and the Grand Secretary 
was directed to grant certificates to such members as in his opinion 
were worthy to receive them. 

Hobomok Lodge, No. 16, having persistently refused to pay the 
per capita assessment, levied by the Grand Lodge, was expelled 
from this jurisdiction. 

P. G. Dunn, submitted the following question : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 129 

" A brother in arrears, not entitled to benefits is taken sick. During his sick- 
ness he pays his dues, and subsequently dies. Is his widow entitled to the fu- 
neral benefit ?" 

The question was answered as follows : 

"A Lodge is not bound to pay a funeral benefit to the family of a deceased broth- 
er, who was not at the time of his decease in "good standing " and free from any 
disability by reason of non-payment of dues." 

Charters were granted to Oriental Lodge, No. 60, located at 
Dixmont, and Sandy River Lodge, No. 61, located at Phillips. 

A new charter was voted, free of charge, to Medomac Lodge, 
No. 22, in place of the one destroyed by fire. 
The following report was read : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to which was referred such portion 
of the communication of the M. W. Grand Master as relates to weekly benefits, 
have considered the subject, and report : 

The committee believe that the Grand Lodge has, by the constitution provided 
for the government of subordinate Lodges, very wisely left the amount of bene- 
fits which subordinates shall pay weekly to sick members, to the subordinates 
themselves, who are the best, and indeed alone, able to determine what sums 
their means and situation will enable them to pay. The committee do not see 
any reason to disturb this state of things, and therefore recommend legislation 
inexpedient. 

Wm. R. Clark, 
John Trask, Jr., 
J. E. F. Dunn, 
John Manley, 
Elisha Clarke, 

Committee. 

P. G. Williams moved that the above report be laid on the table, 
which was lost by yeas 16, nays 18. The report was then adopted. 
The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, In order that this Grand Lodge may be enabled to liquidate the just 
demands against it, that a capitation tax of ten cents be and is hereby laid on 
each and every contributing member of the Order in this jurisdiction, to be col- 
lected at the installations of the several Lodges, by the installing officer, in Jan- 
uary, 1852. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports from 55 Lodges for the year ending April 1, 1S51, show the 
9 



130 HISTORY OF 

total number of initiations to be 210 ; admitted by card, 17 ; withdrawn 
by card 57 ; suspended, 405 ; expelled, 9 ; deaths, 49 ; Past Grands, 
357; contributing members, 4,792; revenue, $13,132.06; funds on hand 
and invested, $44,340.32. 

The reports from 47 Lodges show the relief to be as follows : number of 
brothers relieved, 352 ; widowed families relieved, 16 ; brothers buried, 
49 ; paid for relief of brothers, $7,109.35 ; paid for relief of widowed fam- 
ilies, $405.52; paid for education of orphans, $76.36; paid for burying 
the dead, $815.00 ; total relief, $8,406.13. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, July 13, 1852. 

The annual session was opened bj the R. W. D. Grand Master, 
the M. W. Grand Master being absent. 

The following Past Grands, having presented proper certificates, 
were admitted to the Grand Lodge Degree, viz : 

Joseph King, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; Thomas Buckminster, 
Saco, No. 2 ; Samuel S. Webster, Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; 
Thomas J. Burgess, Sabattis, No. 6 ; Benjamin Swett, IraLinnell, 
Penobscot, No. 7 ; David W. Babb, Henry F. Sands, H. S. Clay, 
Saccarappa, No. 11 ; Seth E. Benson, Kenduskeag, No. 12 ; 
Henry E. Caxton, Passagassawakeag, No. 15 ; Augustus Gowen, 
P. T. Whitney, Orono, No. 18 ; Daniel Knox, Passamaquod- 
dy, No. 19 ; R. M. Woodman, Tarratine, No. 2T ; S. T. Mc- 
Kenney, Cumberland, No. 30 ; Samuel Woodward, Thomas J. 
Merrill, Damariscotta, No. 32 ; J. S. Greene, Union, No. 35; E. 
F. Blaisdell, Aaron Rowell, Astoria, No. 38 ; John F. Nichols, 
Adelphian, No. 42 ; James G. Garland, Laconia, No. 44 ; Sam- 
uel Gould, Lemon Stream, No. 55 ; Samuel Blagge, A. H. Bragg, 
Oriental, No. 60 ; J. A. Linscott, Sandy River, No. 61. 

The following Grand Officers were elected and installed : 

William Tripp, Grand Master ; John H. Williams, Deputy 
Grand Master ; James Webb, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer ; Cy 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 131 

rus Cummings, Grand Chaplain; C. C. Harmon, Grand Repre- 
sentative. 

The Grand Master appointed Seth E. Benson, Grand Marshal 
and Samuel Blagge, Grand Inside Guardian. 

The committee of Finance reported that there was due from this Grand Lodge, 
to the Grand Lodge of the United States the sum of $752.62, which this Grand 
Lodge is willing and desirous to pay but is unable. The committee recommended 
that the Grand Representatives propose to the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
to take the note of this Grand Lodge for the amount due, payable in equal annual 
payments of at least seventy-five dollars each, said note to draw interest at the 
rate of four per cent, per annum. 

The report was adopted. 

Bro. Mark R. Hopkins, of Adelphian Lodge, No. 42, sent in a 
communication, which was referred to the committee on Grievances. 

Adelphian Lodge, No. 42, proposed certain questions which 
were referred to the committee on the State of the Order. 

The Grand Secretary read a communication from the Grand 
Master. He said that a sudden illness deprived him of the pleas- 
ure of being present at the session of the Grand Lodge, and also 
entirely unfitted him for making an extended communication. 

He stated that the subordinates had been invited to fix upon a 
place for the annual meetings of the Grand Lodge. Out of the 
sixty-one Lodges, only thirty-eight took action upon the subject. 
Of these fifteen selected Belfast, fourteen selected Portland, six 
preferred Waterville, two Augusta, aud one recommended Bath. 
In this state of things, no action was necessary to be taken upon 
the subject. He presented for consideration, the subject of an ap- 
propriation of forty dollars yearly, by each of the State Lodges, 
recommended by the Grand Lodge of the United States, to be ap- 
plied to the support of Thomas Wildey. He called attention to the 
action of the Grand Lodge of the United States, on the subject of 
raising funds for the purpose of erecting an Odd Fellows Hall in 
Honolulu. He stated that he had received several communications 
from subordinates upon the subject of furnishing them with the 
degree, established by the Grand Lodge of the United States, to 



132 HISTORY OF 

secure the advantages of Odd Fellowship to the wives and widows 
of members of the Order. Having serious doubts in regard to the 
practical utility of such a degree ; he referred the matter to the 
Grand Lodge for action. 

A communication from Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, to the Grand 
Master was presented and referred to the committee on the State 
of the Order. 

A petition, signed by fourteen members of Harrison Lodge, No. 
20, setting forth that the brothers composing said Lodge were very 
much scattered, living principally in the towns of Harrison, Naples, 
"Waterford, and the North part of Bridgton, and praying that a 
dispensation may be granted allowing said Lodge to adjourn from 
time to time, as the Lodge may agree, to Waterford, North Bridg- 
ton, Naples and Harrison. The petition was referred to the com- 
mittee on the State of the Order, on whose report, it was deemed 
inexpedient to allow Lodges to become moveable bodies, as such a 
practice would be highly injurious to the interests of the Order. 

The following reports were read and adopted : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to which was referred a communica- 
tion from Adelphian Lodge, No. 42, I. O. O. F., proposing several questions to 
this Grand Lodge, have given the subject matter of said communication their at- 
tention. 

The following questions are proposed in the communication, viz : 

1. What is the construction of the language of the constitution of subordi- 
nate Lodges, Art. II, Sec. 1, Clause 1, — " The candidate shall be exempt from all 

nfirmities, which may prevent his gaining a livelihood ? " 

2. Would cases where, though the person was tolerably well when becoming 
a member, yet who had previously frequent attacks of a disease, which was he- 
reditary in his family, from both those causes thus rendered liable at any time, be 
construed as such infirmities ? 

3. If, under such circumstances, a person becomes a member, and then has 
frequent attacks of the disease known by him to have existed in him and in his 
family previously to, and, though in a less degree, at the time of receiving mem- 
bership, would he be entitled to benefits ? 

4. If not, then what is the proper course for a Lodge to pursue under the cir- 
cumstances ? 

To the first query — We say that the proper construction of the Article in the 
constitution is, that the candidate shall be in possession of his faculties aud pow- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 133 

ers of body and mind necessary to ena^e him to gain a livelihood, and of course 
free from all disease that would prevent him from so doing. 

To the second — We answer, that a person, previous to his initiation, is bound to 
make a correct representation of the state of his health, and to answer truly the 
questions that are proposed to him by the rules and regulations of the Order. 
If, however, he knowingly make statements that are false, or in any way misrep- 
resents the state of his health, he is liable, after proof of the same made in the 
regular way by trial and conviction, according to the rules established by the con- 
stitution, to be expelled from the Order.] 

To the third — We answer, that a brother, regularly such by initiation, accord- 
ing to the rules of the Order, is entitled to all the priviliges secured to him by 
our laws ; which of course include benefits when sick ; and he cannot be v de- 
prived of them, except upon conviction of some offence, after a regular trial 
according to the prescribed form, provided he has in the mean time kept himself 
in good standing in his Lodge, paying his dues, &c, according to its by-laws. 

To the fourth — We answer, if it is in proof that any brother has made false 
statements in regard to his health, in order to get admission to the Lodge, the 
Lodge of which he is a member is bound to try him and if the constitutional 
number are satisfied of his guilt, to expel him ; but until they do that, the brother 
is presumed to be innocent, and entitled, as we before stated, to all the priviliges 
of other members of the Lodge. 

Your committee have thus answered the questions propounded to them, and 
will only add, that in their judgment, a person regularly admitted into a regular 
Lodge of the Order, according to the forms prescribed in the constitution, is a 
bona fide Odd Fellow, entitled to all the privileges of the institution ; and if any 
fraud has been practiced upon the Lodge in regard to such admission, the only 
remedy is suspension or expulsion of the offending brother after trial, according 
to the forms prescribed in the constitution. 

Nath'l F. Deering, 
Allen Haines, 
S. B. Straw, 
J. Burton, 
Nathan Emerson. 

The committee on that subject submitted the following report, 
which was adopted : 

Your committee on Grievances, having had under consideration 
the communication of Brother Mark R. Hopkins, of Adelphian 
Lodge, No. 42, to this Grand Body, have attended to their duty, 
and would ask leave to make the following report : 

Your committee find, upon examination of the case, that Brother Hopkins was 
duly elected and initiated a member of Adelphian Lodge, with a full knowledge 
by said Lodge that he had been subject to certain attacks of disease ; that after 



134 HISTORY OP 

having attained the R. B- Degree, brother Hopkins was taken sick, and that bene- 
fits were paid him without demur, so far as your committee can ascertain ; that, 
after having attained the Scarlet Degree, the brother was again taken sick, but 
upon application to his Lodge, at two several times, the Lodge refused to pay 
him benefits, alleging as a reason that he was ineligible to receive benefits, on 
account of disability at the time of his initiation, although they say in their vote 
upon the subject, "It was probably unthought of by him at the time." 

In view of the foregoing facts, your committee would recommend 
the adoption of the following : 

Resolved, That brother Mark R. Hopkins is entitled to and should receive bene- 
fits from said Adelphian Lodge, No. 42, in the case as stated by your committee. 

Resolved, That the amount of ten dollars, voted by said Lodge to brother 
Hopkins may be deducted from the amount of benefits claimed by brother 
Hopkins. G. W. Nichols, 

For the Committee. 

The following report was presented and adopted : 
The committee on the State of the Order, to which was referred 
the communication of Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, have taken into 
consideration the several queries there made, and beg leave to 
report : 

The first matter of inquiry relative to a visiting card being conclusive evidence 
of a brother's being in good standing in his Lodge, has been decided in the 
affirmative by this Grand Lodge at the present session, and your committee 
think correctly decided. 

In regard to benefits paid to brothers, and how long they are entitled to 
receive them, is, we conceive, a matter for the decision of each Lodge in every 
case that may come before it. 

To the question, " Is a Lodge holden to pay a funeral benefit to the friends of 
a brother who was lost at sea, or came to his death by any other calamity, and 
his remains not recovered, consequently no funeral expense incurred by the 
friends ?" We answer, that, in our opinion, the funeral benefit is due to the wid- 
ows of all brothers wherever and under whatever circumstances they may have 
died. 

Nath'l F. Deering, 
J. Burton, 
N. Emerson, 
Allen Haines. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 3 o'clock, p. m. 



3 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Master appointed the following 



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135 



DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, G. W. Nichols ; No, 2, John H. Williams, (ex 
off.) ; No. 3, Russell Lamson ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; No. 5, J. E. 
F. Dunn ; No. 6, Thomas L. Burgess ; No. 7, Albert Moore ; 
No. 8, Thomas J. Merrill ; No. 9, B. R. Buxton ; No. 10, Levi 
R. Wing; No. 11, 0. D. Gilmore ; No. 12, Asa Smith ; No. 13, 
Thomas G. Landers ; No. 14, Martin Bradish ; No. 15, William 
Gleason ; No. 16, Joseph A. Linscott. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of 53 Lodges for the year ending April 1, 1852, show the 
number of initiations to be 118 ; admitted by card, 9 ; withdrawn by card, 
33 ; suspended, 228 ; expelled, 22 ; deaths, 28 ; Past Grands, 974 ; con- 
tributing' members, 4,280 ; revenue, $7,554.00 ; invested funds, $44,001. 
74. 

The reports of 27 Lodges show the relief for the year as follows : 

Number of brothers relieved, 274 ; widowed families relieved, 18 ; 
brothers buried, 28 ; paid for relief of brothers, $4,293.17 ; paid for relief 
of widowed families, $243.88 ; paid for education of orphans, $61.13 ; 
paid for burying the dead, $633.00 ; total amount of relief, $5,231.18. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

Portland, July, 12, 1853. 

In the absence of the M. W. Grand Master, John H. Williams, 
R. W. Deputy Grand Master, presided. 

Officers present — John H. Williams, Deputy Grand Master ; 
James Webb, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury Jr., Grand Sec- 
retary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer. 

The following Past Grands, being in possession of proper certifi- 
cates, were admitted to the Grand Lodge Degree : 

Stephen Emerson, J. E. Hodgkins, Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
Charles Nutter, Joshua W. Noyes, Saco, No. 2 ; Wm. J. Smith, 
Micah Sampson, Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Alfred Woodman, 



136 HISTORY OF 

Micah Higgins, Ligonia, No. 5 ; Henry Sewall, John H. Hart- 
ford, Sabattis, No. 6 ; James H. Elwell, John Lindsey, G. J. Burns, 
Relief, No. 8 ; John Brown, Nathaniel Critchett, Saccarappa, No. 
11 ; E. T. Welch, Charles Hinckly, Pejepscot, No. 13 ; Nahum 
Morrell, Everett H. Jones, Androscoggin, No. 24 ; J. W. Sar- 
gent, Mousam, No. 26 ; S. S. Hawes, Andrew Libby, Union, 
No. 35 ; Edward M. Rider, R. A. Rich, Astoria, No. 38 ; Joel 
Miles, Jr., Samaritan, No. 39; Simon L. Strout, Pequawket, 
No. 46 ; Benjamin Steward, North Anson, No. 51 ; Manning 
Dunbar, Gaugus, No. 54 ; Jno. P. Hodsdon, Lemon Stream, 
No. 55 ; F. B. Field, Franklin, No. 58 ; J. E. Soper, Oriental, 
No. 60 ; George Webb, Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 62. 

The Grand Master's report was read by the Deputy Grand 
Master. 

The Grand Master stated that he was informed last January, 
that Social Friends Lodge had ceased work some two years since. 
He therefore directed the District Deputy Grand Master for that 
District, to return to the Grand Lodge all the books, papers and 
other property of the Lodge. 

On the 6th of September, 1852, the Grand Master was in 
formed that Nathan Emerson, Grand Representative, by reason of 
sickness in his family, would be unable to attend the annual ses- 
sion of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and he appointed 
Past Grand Master, William R. Smith to fill the vacancy. He 
alluded to the Degree of Rebekah as having added much to the 
prosperity of the subordinates who have worked in the degree. 
He stated, that during the past year he had granted a dispensa- 
tion for a new Lodge at Lewiston, by the name of Manufacturers 
and Mechanics Lodge, No. 62. He recommended that the Grand 
Lodge, under certain conditions, issue cards to members of defunct 
Lodges, so that they may be able to again connect themselves 
with the Order. 

The Grand Representatives then made their report, stating that 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 137 

the following decisions of the Grand Sire upon the several ques- 
tions stated were concurred in and adopted, viz : 

That a Secretary has no right to withhold a card which has been granted by a 
Lodge, and for so doing he is liable to arraignment, even if th^ responsibility be 
assumed on the alleged discovery of crime, on the part of the intended recipient. 

That a brother who has lost or been dispossessed of a withdrawal card, from 
no cause which should impeach his own conduct, may obtain a new caid bearing 
the same date, from the Lodge which had granted the original one, the said 
Lodge being the judge of the propriety of granting the new issue, and if granted 
expressing on its face that it is a duplicate. 

That a brother who is a member in good standing in a subordinate Lodge in 
one State, and at the same time a resident of another State, is a proper candi- 
date for initiation into an Encampment at the place of his residence. 

That the degree of Rebekah is an honorary degree to be conferred under the 
regulations adopted at the last session, upon such Scarlet members and their 
wives as may desire to receive it ; but that the officers of all Lodges which are 
in possession of the work, ought to be in regular possession of the degree, upon 
the same principles that they are required to assume other obligations belonging 
to their official stations. 

The several propositions hereafter stated, also became the subject of elucida- 
tion and legislative enactment, and consequently are now incorporated in the 
general laws of the Order. 

That suspension from membership works no suspension from arrears. That 
upon a re-instatement, the full amount accruing before and after suspension is 
that which should be paid. 

That a card of withdrawal is the absolute property of the holder, and is an 
evidence of his former good membership, and when he offers to deposit it, and 
thus gain admission into a Lodge, if rejected, they have no right to mutilate the 
card by indorsing "Rejected," thereon. 

That a subordinate Lodge cannot grant leave of absence to its N. G., for a 
majority of the nights of his term, without working a forfeiture of the honors of 
his office. 

That a subordinate has no power to adjourn, but must close in due form. 

The Grand Representatives stated that in accordance with a 
vote passed at the last session of this Grand Lodge, in reference 
to indebtedness to the Grand Lodge of the United States, an ad 
justment had been effected as follows : 

On the 12th day of October last, the Grand Treasurer of this 
body, tendered under seal, to the Grand Treasurer of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, seven notes of hand, for the sum of 



138 HISTORY OP 



each, and one note for a balance of $52.62, payable'in 1, 2, 
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years, with annual interest at the rate of six 
per cent, on the whole amount, which was accepted, and in return, 
the undersigned have received the bil! of indebtedness of this 
Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodge of the United States, receipted 
in full. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2J o'clock, P. M. 



2i o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

A charter was granted to Manufacturers and Mechanics Lodge, 
No. 62. 

A new charter was issued to Relief Lodge, No. 8, without 
charge, in place of the one destroyed by fire. 

The Grand Secretary was authorized to sell the Iron Safe, be- 
longing to the Grand Lodge. 

The Grand Lodge elected the following Grand Officers for the 
ensuing year : 

Edward P. Banks, Grand Master ; Seth E. Benson, Deputy 
Grand Master ; George C. Codman, Grand Warden ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand 
Treasurer ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain. 

On the third ballot, William R. Smith was elected Grand 
Representative. 

The Grand Master appointed Russel Lamson, Grand Marshal, 
and Joel Miles, Grand Inside Guardian. 

P. G. Trask, submitted the following resolution, which was 
adopted : 

Resolved, That no Past Grand shall be appointed District Deputy Grand Mas- 
ter, unless he be a member of this Grand Lodge. 

The Grand Master appointed the following 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, John Cobby ; No. 2, Grand Master, Qex-off.*) ; 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 139 

No. 3. Francis Blake ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; No. 5, Nahum Mor- 
rill ; No. 6, John H. Hartford ; No. 7, James M. Wilder ; No. 8, 
Samuel Woodward ; No. 9, George Crawford ; No. 10, Edward 
M. Rider ; No. 1L, Deputy Grand Master, (ex-off.~) ; No. 12, Asa 
Smith ; No. 13, Daniel B. Hall ; No. 14, James A. Milliken ; 
No. 15, William Gleason ; No. 16, John P. Hodsdon. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

^Number of initiations for the year ending April 1, 1853, 95 ; admitted 
by card, 11 ; withdrawn by card, 44; suspensions, 318; expulsions, 7 ; 
Past Grands, 720 ; contributing members, 2,644 ; revenue, $9,171.46. 

Returns from 24 Lodges for the above year, show the relief as follows : 
Number of brothers relieved, 184 ; widowed families relieved, 15 ; broth- 
ers buried, 16 ; amount paid for relief of brothers, $2, 756. 09 ; paid for re- 
lief of widowed families, $230.90 : paid for education of orphans, $56.00 ; 
paid for burying the dead, $365.00 ; total relief, $3,407.99. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

Portland, July 11, 1854. 
Officers present — Edward P. Banks, Grand Master ; Seth E. 
Benson, Deputy Grand Master ; George C. Codman, Grand War- 
den ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Cyrus Cummings, 
Grand Treasurer. 

P. G. Webb, was appointed Grand Inside Guardian, pro tern. 
The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

Joseph Stevens, Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; James H. Berrick, A. W. 
Pingree, W. P. Files, Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; O. E. Durgin, 
John W. Libby, Ligonia, No. 5 ; John Merrill, Solomon Libby, 
Saccarappa, No. 11 ; C. E. Owen, Pejepscot, No. 13 ; Ed- 
ward P. Burnham, Mousam, No. 26 ; P. J. Robinson, John M. 
Jenks, Howard, No. 33 ; John Lenfest, M. G. Morse, Union, No. 
35 ; Benj. A. Keyes, Narramisic, No. 36 ; Henry G. Morgan, As- 
toria, No. 38 ; Wm. P. Leavitt, Pequawket, No. 46 ; Daniel B. 



140 HISTORY OF 

Jones, Lemon Stream, No. 55 ; George Latham, Manufacturers 
and Mechanics, No. 62. 

The Grand Master read his annual report. 

He stated that the financial affairs of the Grand Lodge were in 
a highly satisfactory condition ; the large debt due the Grand 
Lodge of the United States has been considerably reduced, and 
the current expenses of the Grand Lodge promptly paid. He 
stated that on the authority of a resolution passed at the last ses- 
sion, the iron safe, in which were deposited the books of record and 
accounts, and valuable papers of the Grand Lodge, was sold, and 
the property removed to the Custom House, where the Grand Sec- 
retary was, for the time being located ; unfortunately that building 
was, on the 8th of January, destroyed by fire, and all the property 
of the Grand Lodge, there deposited, destroyed with it. He 
stated that he had declined to sanction an amendment to the by- 
laws of Howard Lodge, No. 33, reducing the weekly benefits to 
50 cents per week, regarding the reduction as a practical evasion 
of the principle that each Lodge should pay a substantial and de- 
sirable benefit. 

He suggested the propriety of Harrison Lodge, No. 20, being 
united with Cumberland Lodge, No. 30. 

He said that information had reached him, that Central Lodge, 
No. 45, and Norembequa Lodge, No. 43, had suspended meetings 
and divided their funds. 

The following Lodges having ceased work, their charters had 
been reclaimed, viz. : Somerset and Franklin, No. 21 ; Eastern 
Star, No. 40 ; Adelphian, No. 42; Social Friends, No. 63. 

He expressed the opinion that the new work has, in this State at 
least, proved practically a failure. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 



Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The following Grand Officers were elected 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 141 

Joseph Burton, Grand 'Master ; John Cobby, Deputy Grand 
Master ; A. T. C. Dodge, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., 
Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer ; Cyrus 
Cummings, Grand Chaplain. On the third ballot, Edward P. 
Banks was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments, which were 
confirmed by the Grand Lodge. 

Luther F. Pingree, Grand Marshal, Andrew Libby, Grand 
Inside Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, John Cobby, (ez-off. ; ) No. 2, H. S. Clay ; No. 
3, Wm. P. Leavitt ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; No. 5, George Latham ; 
No. 6, Grand Master, (ez-off. ; ) No. 7, Albert Moore ; No. 8, 
Samuel Woodward ; No. 9, George Crawford ; No. 10, Henry C. 
Morgan: No. 11, Benj. Swett; No. 12, S. B. Straw; No. 13, 
Benj. A. Keyes ; No. 14, Ivory J. Robinson ; No. 15, Stephen 
S. Hawes ; No. 16, A. P. Spooner. 

The Grand Lodge proceeded to select by ballot the place where 
the Grand Lodge should hold its next annual session, and on the 
third ballot, Bangor was selected. 

On recommendation of the committee on the state of the Order, 
the following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That the Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United States 
be instructed to use their endeavors to have the " old work" substituted for that 
now in use. 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master be authorized to receive the charter, 
books and papers of Harrison Lodge, should that Lodge vote to surrender them, 
allowing said Lodge to retain her funds for the express purpose, and none other, 
of uniting with Cumberland Lodge, upon such terms as the Lodges may 
agree, subject to the approval of the Grand Master. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 
The reports for the year ending April 1, 1854, show number initiated to 



142 HISTOKY OF 

be 98 ; admitted by card, 14; withdrawn by card, 24 ; suspended, 166 ; 
expelled, 6 ; deaths, 20; Past Grands, 612; contributing members, 3343; 
widow and orphan fund, $5526.08 ; revenue, $8221.72; funds on hand and 
invested, $34,879.12. 

For the above term 25 Lodges reported relief as follows : 

Number of brothers relieved, 192 ; widowed families relieved, 11 ; 
brothers buried, 20 ; paid for relief of brothers, $3538.13 ; paid for relief 
of widowed families, $157.00; education of orphans, $24.00; paid for 
burying the dead, $390.00 ; total relief, $4109.13. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Bangok, July 10, 1855. 

Officers present — Joseph Burton, Grand Master ; John Cobby, 
Deputy Grand Master ; A. T. C. Dodge, Grand Warden ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

Ira C. Doe, Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Samuel Bradford, Charles C. 
Page, John Rand, Lemuel B. Morrison, L. G. McKenney, George 
Palmer, C. K. Ladd, Benj. Plummer, Edmund H. Flagg, Penob- 
scot, No. 7 ; J. A. Ingraham, C. H. Cables, Belief, No. 8 
Ebenezer Pool, John L. Young, Alvin C. Kittridge, William J 
Young, Joseph N. Downs, Kenduskeag, No. 12 ; William Neal 
Orono, No. 18; J. B. Ham, ZelaF. Bliss, Androscoggin, No. 24 
Moses Woodman, N. H, Hart, D. McCullock, Tarratine, No. 27 
W. A. Cromwell, Olive Branch, No. 28 ; John F. Sanborn, No 
bleboro, No. 32 ; George W. Morse, L. Allen, Union, No. 35 
Henry Gott, Alonzo F. Craig, B. D. Folsom, Narramisic, No. 36 
John Haley, Astoria, No. 38 ; Benj. F. Day, Laconia, No. 44 
C. H. Baker, Central, No. 45. 

The Grand Master presented his annual report. 

He stated that the present and future prospects of the Order in 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 143 

this jurisdiction, was far from that progressive state which its 
friends could hope and desire, there being in general a great de- 
clension from the former prosperity of the Order. He further 
stated that in some localities the Degree of Rebekah was very 
generally conferred on the wives of brothers, with very favorable 
effect. He suggested that an effort be made, through our Grand 
Representatives, to have permission granted for the Daughters of 
Rebekah to be present at the installation of Officers in Subordinate 
Lodges. 

The Grand Master reported the following decisions : 

To the inquiry, whether a Lodge has a right to initiate a person who has been 
suspended for non-payment of dues from another Lodge, but otherwise possess- 
ing all necessary qualifications for membership, I had no hesitation in replying 
in the negative. 

A question was submitted to me, whether a person when duly 
elected and notified, but before presenting himself for initiation, is 
taken sick, is still entitled to initiation ? The Grand Lodge of the 
United States has decided, " that a ballot cannot under any cir- 
cumstances be re-considered, but must stand as a final judgment," 
yet u if fraud is charged and established, a new ballot should be 
ordered, " and also, that if such new ballot has not been taken on 
the charge and establishment of fraud, and the candidate appears 
for initiation, " he cannot be examined on the state of his health, 
in the ante-room, except in the manner which our charge book re- 
quires." Under these decisions, my reply to the question was, 
" that if a person who has been duly elected and notified, appears 
for initiation, and satisfactorily answers the preliminary questions, 
as laid down in the charge book, the Lodge cannot refuse to initiate 
him." 

He stated that Samaritan Lodge, No. 39, Norembequa Lodge, 
No. 34, Sandy River. Lodge, No. 61, had during the past year 
abandoned their organization, and their charters and books have 
been surrendered. 

He stated that Harrison Lodge, No. 20, having declined to avail 
themselves of the permission to merge in Cumberland Lodge, No. 



144 HISTORY OF 



30, "r solved to make an effort at revival in their own Lodge, which 
was successful, and the Lodge was now doing well. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2i o'clock, P. M. 



2$ o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The following Grand Officers were elected : 

Nathan Emerson, Grand Master ; A. T. C. Dodge, Deputy 
Grand Master ; John Hutchins, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; 
Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain. On the second ballot, S. B. 
Straw, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

Micah Higgins, Grand Marshal; Benj. Swett, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

The following resolution, laid over from the last session, was taken 
up and adopted : 

Resolved, That the constitution of this Grand Lodge, be amended, by striking 
out the word "July," and inserting "August," so that its Annual Session shall 
occur upon the second Tuesday of August, instead of July. 

A petition was presented for a new Lodge at Kennbunkport. 
It was deemed inexpedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners, 
by reason of their close proximity to Mousam Lodge, also the estab- 
lishment of small Lodges and the reducing the numerical strength, 
by one third, of a Lodge now in a prosperous condition, would ulti- 
mately result to its injury. 

The decisions of the Grand Master were confirmed. 
The Grand Master appointed the following 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, William A. Cromwell ; No. 2, Samuel Rolfe ; No. 
3, George G. Wight; No. 4, Aster Ellis; No. 5, J. B. Ham; 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 145 

No. 6, James S. Manley ; No. 7, Albert Moore ; No. 8, John F. 
Sanborn ; No. 9, G. H. Cables"; No. 10, Aaron Rowell ; No. 11, 
A. T. C. Dodge, (ex-off.) ; No. 12, S. B. Straw ; No. 13, Na- 
than Emerson, (ex-off.) ; No. 14, Ivory S. Robinson ; No. 15, A. 

Libby ; No. 16 Milliken. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The following is a synopsis of returns for the year ending April 1, 1855. 

Initiations, 71 ; admitted by card, 7 : withdrawn by card, 22 ; suspen- 
ded, 156 ; expelled, 2; brothers relieved, 192; widowed families relieved, 
12 ; brothers buried, 20 ; paid for relief of brothers, $4,404.00 ; paid for 
relief of widowed families, $196.00 ; paid for burying the dead, $425.00 ; 
total relief, $5,025.00 ; revenue, $6,658.00 : funds on hand, $37,393.00 ; 
widow and orphans fund, $5,691.00 ; number of Past Grands, 529 ; con" 
tributing members, 2,906. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 12, 1856. 

The Grand Lodge was called to order by the R. W. Deputy 
Grand Master : 

Officers present, A. T. C. Dodge, Deputy Grand Master ; John 
Hutchins, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr. Grand Secretary ; 
Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain. 

The following Past Grands were admitted : 

Andrew S. Sawyer, John C. Remick, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
Rufus P. Tapley, Jacob Gegenheimer, Joshua Chadbourn, William 
Andrews, Stephen I. Abbott, John Cleaves, of Saco Lodge, No. 
2 ; N. G. Cummings, of Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4 ; A. M. 
Dresser, of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5 ; Almon C. Pray, of Andros- 
coggin Lodge, No. 24 ; Horace Cole, of Mousam Lodge, No. 
26 ; Charles Fogler, of Union Lodge, No. 35 ; Samuel P. Brown 
of Narramsic Lodge, No. 36 ; Charles A. Hayes, of Astoria 
Lodge, No. 38 ; Hiram H. Bragdon, O. W. Batchelder, Isaac 

10 



146 HISTORY OF 

C. Downs, Jonathan Parker, James P. Foss, E. P. Parcher, Thom- 
as Walls, of Laconia Lodge, No. 44 ; William Cilley, of Pequaw- 
ket Lodge, No. 46 ; Erasmus D. Clarke, of Manufacturers and 
Mechanics Lodge, No. 62. 

The annual report of the Grand Master was read. He stated 
that shortly after the adjournment of the last session, he received 
a petition from twenty-five members of Mousam Lodge, No. 26, lo- 
cated at Kennebunk, for a new Lodge to be located at Kennebunk- 
port. In view of the fact that the Grand Lodge at the last session 
decided adversely to the petitioners, he did not feel justified in 
granting the brothers a dispensation. 

The Grand Master reported the following decisions made by him 
during the vear : 

When a motion has been made to suspend a brother for non-payment of dues, 
and carried, can that motion be reconsidered by the one that made it, and sec- 
onded by one voting with the majority, at the same time or the next meeting ? 
The N. G. decided the motion out of order. 

My judgment is, the motion to reconsider was in order, and the question should 
have been put to the Lodge. 

My opinion was also requested upon the construction of the constitution in re- 
lation to Lodges paying benefits to members for the first week's sickness. 

I believe a strict construction of the constitution will give a brother the first, as 
well as the last week's benefit ; yet the Lodges have been allowed the broadest 
construction of that clause of the constitution, and some Lodges in the State do 
not pay benefits until a brother has been reported to the Lodge two weeks, and 
the Grand Lodge has allowed them to do so. 

Can a Lodge make a donation to a needy and sick brother, who is not entitled 
to benefits by being in arrears ? The principles of our Order require us to re- 
lieve the distressed, &c ; therefore I think the Lodge can and ought to make do- 
nations to such as are needy and worthy of our aid. 

I was asked to approve of an amendment to the by-laws of Olive Branch 
Lodge, requiring a sick brother to be reported to the Lodge or N. G. one week 
before he could draw benefits, which received my approval. 

The Grand Master recommended to the consideration of the 
Grand Lodge, the subject of a Digest or a code of general laws, 
and the propriety of reducing into form the decisions of Grand 
Masters, for the benefit of subordinate Lodges. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 147 

Adams Lodge, No. 52, was reported as defunct. Their charter 
and books are in possession of the Grand Lodge. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2J o'clock, P. M. 



2| o'clock, p. m. 

The following officers were elected : 

A. T. C. Dodge, Grand Master; George W. Nichols, Deputy 
Grand Master; Edward P. Burnham, Grand Warden; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Treasurer ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain ; Mark Prime, 
Grand Representative. 

The Grand officers were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments, which were 
confirmed by the Grand Lodge : 

James Webb, Grand Marshal; E. H. Jones, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, George W. Nichols, (ex-off.} ; No. 2, John C. 
Remick ; No. 3, A. M. Savage ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; No. 5 A. C. 
Pray ; No. 6, Joseph Burton ; No. 7, Albert Moore ; No. 8, Sam- 
uel Woodward ; No. 9, C. H. Cables ; No. 10, R. A. Rich ; No. 
11, Grand Master, (ex-off.*) ; No. 12, S. B. Straw ; No. 13, A. 
F. Craig ; No. 14, I. J. Robinson ; No. 15, Z. Collins ; No. 16, 
A. Spooner. 

The following report was presented : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred the decisions 
of the M. W. Grand Master, have had the same under consideration, and report : 

i. To the question — " When a motion has been made to suspend a brother for 
non-payment of dues and carried, can that motion be reconsidered by the one 
who made it, and seconded by any voting with the majority at the same or the 
next meeting ? " 

This is a simple question of parliamentary usage, requiring a motion to recon- 
sider a vote to be made and seconded by those who voted with the majority. 
The fact of a brother having moved a question does not give him the privilege 
of moving a reconsideration, unless he voted in the majority. 

2. To the question — " Can a Lodge, by its by-laws, deprive a brother of bene- 
fits for the first week's sickness ? " 



148 HISTORY OF 

Many Lodges in this jurisdiction have for a number of years withheld benefits 
from a brother for from one or two weeks, from the commencement of his sick- 
ness. 

Your committee are of the opinion that this Grand Lodge should not sanction 
such proceedings, they being a violation of law. 

Respectfully submitted, 

S. B. Straw, 
J. P. Adams, 
Edward P.Banks, 
C. H.. Cables. 

The first portion of the above report was adopted. So much of 
the report as relates to the question — " Can a Lodge, by its "by- 
laws, deprive a brother of benefits for the first week's sickness ? " 
was recommitted, with instructions to report at the next annual ses- 
sion, with a digest of decisions on the subject. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OP THE ORDER. 

For the year ending July 1, 1856. Initiations, 26 ; admitted by card, 
4 ; withdrawn by card, 4 ; suspended, 143 ; ' expelled, 2 ; brothers re- 
lieved, 134; widowed families relieved, 12; brothers buried, 16; paid for 
relief of brothers, $3,059.92 ; paid for relief of widowed families, $222.00; 
paid for burying the dead, $340.00; total relief, $3,621.92 ; revenue, 
$5,426.41 ; funds on hand, $37,869.82 ; widow and orphan fund, $5,690.72 ; 
contributing members, 1588. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVE'S REPORT. 

The Grand Representatives reported that they attended the session of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, held in Baltimore, Sept. 1855. 
The Grand Lodge adopted the following rule in regard to appeal papers : 
"All appeal papers, or appeals brought before the R. W. Grand Lodge, be 
furnished by the appealing parties, printed in pamphlet form, on a page of the 
same size as those of the printed Journal of Proceedings of this Grand Lodge, 
and in default thereof, the respective appeals shall be liable to be referred back 
for informality.' ' 

DECISIONS. 

The following decisions of general application, were either made by the Grand 
Sire, and confirmed by the Grand Lodge, or were adopted through the reports of 
committees. 

In case of a vacancy in the office of Noble or Vice Grand of a Subordinate 
Lodge, and all qualified members refusing to accept the office, the Lodge may 
elect a Scarlet member to the office, — provided, however, that a dispensation for 






ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 149 

the purpose be first obtained, from the proper authority in the jurisdiction to 
which the Lodge belongs. 

It cannot be required as a necessary qualification to the office of Grand Master, 
that the brother elected to it shall be of the Royal Purple Degree. 

Suicide of a member does not debar his widow of her benefit. 

Public installations are unlawful. 

Daughters of Rebekah inadmissible to installations, Their connection with 
the Order is honorary. 

A Noble Grand elect, failing to appear for installation, and having forfeited the 
office under the local laws, the member elected and installed in his stead, is the 
Noble Grand of the Lodge. 

Re-consideration of a ballot, inadmissible. 

Balloting for degrees must be conducted in the degree applied for. 

That a brother who is suffering from a chronic complaint, but is yet able to go 
to his place of business, superintend it, and participate in it to a degree, is prima 
facie, not entitled to benefits, although this presumption may be rebutted by posi- 
tive evidence. 

Encampment degrees cannot be conferred upon one holding a withdrawal card 
from his Lodge. 



ANNUAL SESSION.! 

Portland, August 11, 1857. 

Officers present — -A. T. C. Dodge, Grand Master ; George W. 
Nichols, Deputy Grand Master ; Edward P. Burnham, Grand 
Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary and Treasurer ; 
Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

Leander Bryant, of Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Nath'l I. Mitchell, Al- 
bert J. Merrill, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; John Sargent, S. B. 
Chase, of Ligonia, No, 5 ; Lorenzo Pinkham, of Laconia, No. 44 ; 
E. J. Merrill, of Franklin, No. 58. 

The Grand Master read his annual report. 

He stated that the books, charter and properties of Central 
Lodge, No. 45, had been reclaimed. That Somerset and Franklin 
Lodge, No. 21, became defunct some three years since, but he 
could not learn that the books, charter, or anything has been re- 



150 HISTORY OF 

claimed. He recommended that Oriental Lodge, No. 60, and Felix 
Lodge, No. 59, be allowed to unite upon such terms as they may 
agree, not in violation of the rules and regulations of the Order. 
He recommended that the State be re-districted. 

The following Grand Officers were then elected and installed : 
George W. Nichols, Grand Master ; Otis Kaler, Deputy Grand 
Master ; Edward P. Burnham, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; 
Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain; Edward P. Gerrish, Grand 
Representative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
Benj. C. Fernald, Grand Marshal ; Thomas Walls, Grand In- 
side Guardian. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

On motion of P. G. M. Deering, 

Resolved, That the following Lodges, having made no returns to this Grand 
Lodge for more than two years, have forfeited their charters, agreeably to the 
provisions of article 4, section 3, of the constitution of this Grand Lodge, viz. ; 

Passagassawakeag, No. 15, Belfast. 

Passamaquoddy, " 19, Eastport. 

Schoodiac, " 23, Calais. 

Katahdin, " 29, Dover. 

Howard, " 33, Machias. 

Carrabasset, " 34, Skowhegan. 

Mattanawcook, " 41, Lincoln. 

Carratunk, " 49, Solon. 

Frontier, " 50, Lubec. 

North Anson, " 54, North Anson. 

Adams, " 52, Bucksport. 

Gaugus, " 54, Cherryfield. 

"Warren, " 56, Warren. 

Ockonostota, " 57, Sulivan. 

Resolved, That said Lodges have now no legal existence, and the Grand Master 
is requested to take immediate means to recover the books, property and funds 
of said Lodges, now the property of this Grand Lodge, and that he be authorized 
to incur such expenses on account of this Grand Lodge as he may find necessary 
in order to effect this object. .„___ 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 151 

The proposition to amend the constitution of the Grand Lodge so 
that its annual sessions shall occur upon the second Tuesday of 
October, instead of August was taken up, and rejected. 

The following resolution was adopted by a rising vote — every 
member present voting in its favor : 

Resolved, That in the death of Past Grand Charles C. Harmon, Past Grand 
Representative to the G. L. of the U. S., this Grand Lodge has been deprived of 
the services of one of its most worthy members ; the Order, of one of its brightest 
ornaments ; and the community, of one of the noblest works of God — an honest 
man. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Master and Officers of this Grand Lodge, after the 
present session, require every member to be clothed in Regalia, suitable to his 
rank and station, as prescribed by the laws of the Order, and that no member be 
permitted to sit or speak in the Grand Lodge, unless so clothed. 

Also the following : 

Resolved, That Oriental Lodge, No. 60, be permitted to unite with Felix Lodge, 
No. 59, and form one Lodge, under such regulations as they may adopt, subject 
to the approval of the Grand Master. 

Adjourned to Wednesday at 7J o'clock, A. M. 



Wednesday, August 12, 7J o'clock, a. m. 

The Grand Lodge met persuant to adjournment. 

The State was re-districted as follows : 

District No. 1, to be composed of the county of York ; No. 2, 
Cumberland County, with the exception of the towns of Bridgton, 
Harrison and Brunswick ; No. 3, Oxford County, and the towns of 
Bridgton and Harrison in Cumberland County ; No. 4 Sagadahoc 
and Kennebec Counties, with the town of Brunswick in Cumber- 
land County ; No. 5, Androscoggin County ; No. 6, Somerset and 
Franklin Counties ; No. 7, Lincoln County ; No. 8, Waldo, Penob- 
scot and Piscataquis Counties ; No. 9, Hancock, Washington and 
Aroostook Counties. 

The Grand Representatives presented their report, stating that 
he reports of the Grand Sire and Grand Secretary represent the 



152 HISTORY OP 

Order as generally in a healthy condition. The following decisions 
of the Grand Sire, made during the recess, received the approval 
of the Grand Lodge : 

1st. That a brother holding a withdrawal card from one State, is entitled to the 
Annual Travelling Password in use at the time, and retains the right to visit in 
another State, with the same password, for a year. 

2d. That a brother suspended from membership in his Lodge, is thereby cut 
off from all benefits and privileges, and in case of his death during such suspen- 
sion, the Lodge incurs no new liability on account of his decease. 

3d. That a brother holding an unexpired withdrawal card, retains a right to 
prefer charges for unworthy conduct against a member of his Lodge, during the 
year for which said card extends. 

The following decisions and resolutions on matters of general in- 
terest, were adopted, viz. : 

EFFECT OF A WITHDRAWAL CARD, THOUGH TAKEN FOR A TEMPORARY OBJECT. 

That a member applying for a withdrawal card, for whatever purpose, does by 
the act, manifest a desire to "relinquish his membership," and as a consequence, 
"severs his connection with all branches of the order?" That although the mem- 
ber may have taken his withdrawal card for the specific purpose of an immediate 
deposit into the hands of the Grand Master, with a view to application for a 
charter for a new Lodge, yet during its transition he has ceased to be a contribut- 
ing member, and is not restored to that condition until the charter has been 
granted, and the Lodge instituted, at which he must be present. 

VISITING CARDS, WHEN TO BE SIGNED BY THE HOLDER. 

Resolved, That all visiting and final cards, shall hereafter be signed by the 
holders thereof, in the presence of the officer by whom the annual password is 
communicated to such holders. 

SUBORDINATES PERMITTED TO REMIT DUES, ON RE-INSTATEMENTS. 

Resolved, That subordinate Lodges, or Encampments, in re -instating members 
suspended for non-payment of dues, shall have power to remit, in whole or in 
part, the dues accruing during the suspension of such members. 

N. G., OR V. G., MUST PRESIDE IN THE LODGE. 

Resolved, That the laws of the Grand Lodge require the N. G. of a Lodge, 
always when present at its meetings, to preside, and the V. G. to act as N. G., in 
the absence of that officer; and that no N. G., or V. G., acting as N. G., has the 
power to waive his right, and place a Past Grand in the N. G's., chair during the 
presence, in the Lodge room, of either of the first two officers named ; provided) 
that this decision is not to be considered as applicable to a temporary absence 
during a portion of a Lodge meeting, of those officers, in which case the chair 
must be filled as provided by the charge book. 

The Grand Master appointed the following 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 153 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS : 

District No. 1, George W. Nichols, (ex off.) ; No. 2, Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr. ; No. 3, Zachariah Gibson ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; 
No. 5, A. C. Pray; No. 6, Daniel B. Jones; No. 7, C. H. 
Cables ; No. 8, Otis Kaler, (ex-off.) ; No. 9, Nathan Em- 
erson. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports from 27 Lodges for the year ending July 1, 1857, show the 
number of initiations to be 33 ; admissions by card, 4 ; withdrawn by 
card, 8 ; suspended, 116 ; expelled, 4 ; brothers relieved, 142 ; widowed 
families relieved, 20 ; brothers buried, 19 ; paid for relief of brothers, 
$3,283.35 ; paid for relief of widowed families, $248.63 ; paid for burying 
the dead, $480.00; total relief, $4,003.78 ; revenue, $5,576.71 ; funds on 
hand, $33,001.32; widow and orphans fund, $5,054.43; contributing 
members, 1,537; members Degree of Rebekah, 212. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August, 10, 1858. 

Officers present — Otis Kaler, Deputy Grand Master ; Edward 
P. Burnham, Grand Warden; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Sec- 
retary and Treasurer ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

Elias Milliken, of Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Louis Bunce, Edward 
Hodgkins, Daniel W. Nash, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Charles 
Baker, Wm. P. Preble, George S. Sylvester, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; 
Elijah Upton, of Lincoln, No. 10 ; Hugh Gordon, C. A. Hawes 
of Union, No. 35. 

The Grand Master being absent, his report was read by the 
Grand Secretary. The report stated that although we could not 
congratulate ourselves upon any great degree of prosperity for the 
past year, yet the Order might be considered in a healthy state. 

The Grand Master had taken no action in the matter of uniting 



154 HISTORY OF 

Oriental Lodge, No. 60, and Felix Lodge, No. 59, no application 
having been made for that purpose from either Lodge. 

He stated that he had received information that Saccarappa 
Lodge, No. 11, had voted each member a card of clearance and 
then voted themselves twenty-five dollars from the funds. On 
receipt of the information, he immediately wrote to the Trustees, 
instructing them to pay out no money on the strength of that vote. 
He called the attention of the Grand Lodge to the matter. 

He stated that Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12, Passagassawakeag, 
No. lo, and Howard, No. 33, had surrendered their charters, 
books and papers, which had been forwarded to the Grand 
Secretary. 

P. G. Ed. P. Gerrish resigned his office of Grand Representa- 
tive to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

A proposition to amend the constitution of subordinates, laid on 
the table at the last session, was taken up and adopted as follows : 

"Provided, however, that members who have been suspended for non-payment 
of dues, and who have remained suspended for the space of one year, and have 
not made application to be re-instated, may be expelled by a vote of the subordi- 
nate Lodge, two-thirds of the members present voting to expel." 

The following officers were elected and installed : 
Otis Kaler, Grand Master ; Edward P. Burnham, Deputy 
Grand Master ; S. H. Burpee, Grand Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; 
Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain ; S. B. Straw, Grand Repre- 
sentative, (to fill vacancy) ; Otis Kaler, Grand Representative, 
(full term.) 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
A. T. C. Dodge, Grand Marshal ; Elias Milliken, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, Edward P. Burnham, (ex. off.) ; No. 2, Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr.; No. 3, George W. Wight ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; 
No. 5, A. C. Pray ; No. 6, Daniel B. Jones ; No. 7, Z. Collins ; 
No. 8, Otis Kaler, (ex. off, ) ; No. 9, David W. Webster, Jr. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 155 

The capitation tax on the members was increased from five to 
ten cents per term. 

The committee on that subject reported that Saccarappa Lodge had not con- 
summated the design which the Grand Master intimated they intended to 
accomplish, but had installed their officers for the present term, and are holding 
their meetings as usual. No action is therefore necessary. 

The report was adopted : 

The Grand Representatives submitted their report. They stated 
that they attended the session of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, at Baltimore, in Sept. 1857. 

A committee was appointed to revise the secret work. 

It was provided that the seal of a Lodge or Encampment to be 
authentic, must be printed or impressed upon the paper or instru- 
ment it authenticates, and not affixed thereto. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

For the year ending July 1, 1858, number of initiations, 13 ; admitted by 
card, 5 , withdrawn by card, 10 ; suspended, 161; expelled, 1 ; brothars 
relieved, 106 ; widowed families relieved, 16 ; brothers buried, 14 ; paid 
for relief of brothers, $2,196.92; paid for relief of widowed families, 
$151.00; paid for burying the dead, $219.25; total relief, $2,567.17; 
revenue, $3,711.37; funds on hand and invested, $35,207.20; widow and 
orphans fund, $5,010.45 ; contributing members. 1,307 ; members Degree 
ofRebekah, 252. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 9, 1859. 

Officers present, Otis Kaler, Grand Master ; Edward P. Burn- 
ham, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secre- 
tary and Treasurer ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain; C. H. 
Cables, was appointed Grand Warden, pro tern. 

The following Past Grands, having proper credentials, were ad- 
mitted to the Grand Lodge Degree : A. D. Smith, William Bailey, 
of Maine Lodge, No. 1; Joseph F. Deering, Thomas P. Sawyer, 



156 HISTORY OF 

of Saco, No. 2 ; Sewall Lang, Andrew J. Rich, of Ancient 
Brothers, No. 4 ; Elisha Higgins, Jr., of Ligonia, No. 5 ; John 
E. Bailey, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; Danforth Carroll, of Union, 
No. 35 ; Nathaniel H. Walker, Robert M. Stevens, of Laconia, 
No. 44; John Fogg, of Pequawket, No. 46; Mark Emery, Jr., 
of Lemon Stream, No. 65. 

The Grand Master read his annual report. He said there 
seemed a careless indifference pervading the whole body, which is 
detrimental to the vital interests of the Order. In view of the 
condition of the Order, there might be doubts of our sustaining 
ourselves as an independent branch among the sister Grand 
Lodges. Since our last annual session three Lodges have become 
extinct. Orono, No. 18, Felix, No. 59, and Harrison, No. 20. 

He reported the following decisions. 

To the inquiry, "Is a brother eligible to the office of V. G., who has held only 
the office of member of the visiting committee ?" I had no hesitation in replying 
in the negative. 

To the inquiry of brother Benson Emerton, of Narramisic Lodge, "Can a broth- 
er be suspended for non-payment of dues while the Lodge is indebted to the said 
brother for benefits and an order drawn for the same ?" My answer was most em- 
phatically in the negative. 

Penobscot Lodge have amended their by-laws, so as to hold monthly instead of 
weekly meetings, to which I gave my approval. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 
Edward P. Burnham, Grand Master ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Deputy 
Grand Master; N. G. Cummings, Grand Warden; Benj. Kings- 
bury, Jr., Grand Secretary and Treasurer; Cyrus Cummings, 
Grand Chaplain ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Representative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

Mark Prime, Grand Marshal; Elias Milliken, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

The decisions of the Grand Master were all approved. 

A petition was presented, signed by four members of Oriental 
Lodge, No. 60, located at Dixmont, stating that they were a ma- 
jority of the members of said Lodge, requesting that the Lodge be 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 157 

removed to Bangor, which was granted, and the Grand Lodge 
sanctioned the removal. 

The Grand Representatives submitted their report. They stated 
that they attended the session of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States at Baltimore, Sept., 1858. All the jurisdictions were rep- 
resented. 

The Grand Representatives reported the following legislation. 

VISITING IN A BODY. 

It was enacted that a Lodge or Encampment may visit a Lodge or Encampment 
in a body, when accompanied by one of their first two officers, who may intro- 
duce them in the manner provided for the introduction of visitors by the elective 
Grand Officers. 

VISITING BY CARD. 

It was decided that Lodges or Encampments may dispense with examining vis- 
itors after the first time, during the term of their cards. 

On motion of P. G. M. Banks, it was unanimously 

Resolved, That as the sense of this Grand Lodge, any member of a subordi- 
nate Lodge who shall propose to divide the funds of his Lodge among its mem- 
bers, except in pursuance of the payment of benefits to brothers entitled to them 
in consequence of sickness, within the meaning of 2d section, 2d clause, of the 
constitution for subordinate Lodges, shall be expelled from the Order, providing 
five members of the Lodge shall vote for the same. 

Resolved^ That the power to act in the case specified in the preceding resolution 
shall be instanter, and power is hereby given so to act. . 

The committee on that subject, submitted the following report, 
which was adopted : 

The committee to whom was referred the subject of Public Installations, have 
had the same under consideration and report, 

That the several subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction be and are hereby au- 
thorized to install their officers in public ; provided, the ceremony be conducted 
by one or more of the elective officers of this Grand Lodge, or a district Deputy 
Grand Master, and also provided, that they use the form prescribed by the Grand 
Lodge of the United States. 

Otis Kaler, 
H. G. Morgan, 
William Bailey. 

The Grand Master announced the following appointments : 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Grand Master, (ex-off.*) ; No. 2, H. F. Sands ; 



158 HISTORY OF 

No. 3, John Fogg ; No. 4 ; Asher Ellis ; No. 5, Nahum Morrill ; 
No. 6, Mark Emery, Jr. ; No. 7, C. H. Cables : No. 8, Benj. 
Swett ; No. 9, A. F. Craig. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Reports were received from 24 Lodges for the year ending August 1, 
1859. Total initiations for the year, 24 , admitted by card, 3 ; withdrawn 
by card, 9 ; suspended 158 ; expelled, 2 ; brothers relieved, 84 ; widowed 
families relieved, 14 ; brothers buried, 9 ; paid for relief of brothers, $2,- 
556.68 ; paid for relief of widowed families, $227.75 ; paid for burying the 
dead, $180.00 ; total relief, $2,964.43 ; revenue, $4,192.49 ; funds on hand 
and invested, $36,130.00; widow and orphans fund, $3,754.71 ; contribut- 
ing members, 1,203 ; members degree of Rebekah, 243. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 14, 1860. 

Officers present, — Edward P. Burnham, Grand Master ; Cyrus 
K. Ladd, Deputy Grand Master ; Nathaniel G. Cummings, Grand 
Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary and Treasurer ; 
George W. Nichols, Grand Marshal, pro tern. 

The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

Joseph A. Hall, Cyrus S. Barker, of Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Wm. 
C. Beckett, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; Charles B. Lemont, of Lincoln, 
No. 10 ; Manning Walcott, of Union, No. 35 ; James W. Locke, 
of Laconia, No. 44 ; William F. Bickford, of Pequawket, No. 46 ; 
E. D. Johnson, C. H. Webster, Gilman L. Flanders, of Manufac- 
turers and Mechanics, No. 62. 

The Grand Master read his annual report. He announced the 



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159 



death of Cyrus Cummings, Grand Chaplain, and Grand Represen- 
tative elect, which occured in Portland, Sept. 9, 1859, also the 
death of Past Grand William Bailey. 

He stated that Past Grand Cummings, having resigned the office 
of Grand Representative during his sickness, he appointed Daniel 
L. Choate in his place. 

The Grand Master reported the following decisions : 

To the question, "Can a brother who preferes charges against a brother be ap- 
pointed on the trial committee ? " I answered that I could not find any decision 
upon the point, either by the G. L. of U. S., or of Maine. When a Lodge be- 
comes reduced to a very few active members, it may be necessary that nearly all 
of them be upon atrial committee ; unless thus necessary, it is better that broth- 
ers preferring charges should not be upon a trial committee. To the question, 
" Can a brother after there has been charges preferred against him, vote or take 
part on any question that may come before the Lodge?" I answered, " that the 
latest decision of the G. L. of U. S., is that, "the only effect of undecided char- 
ges is to deprive the member of the right to take a traveling or visiting card, and 
where the charges bear upon the rights to benefits, to suspend the payment there- 
of until a final decision." 

The decisions of the Grand Master were referred to the commit- 
tee on the State of the Order, who made the following report, which 
was adopted : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to which was referred the decisions 
of the Grand Master, beg leave to report : that they have considered the ques- 
tion answered by the Grand Master, viz : " Can a brother who prefers charges 
against another, be appointed on the trial committee ? " and agree with the Grand 
Master in the opinion expressed by him, but would be inclined to express that 
opinion in more decided terms. That under no circumstances would it be proper 
to appoint the accuser on the committee to try a brother. Such a course would, 
has they think, be opposed to all acknowledged principles of justice. To the 
question, "Can a brother after charges have been preferred against him, vote or 
take part in a Lodge meeting?" we agree with the Grand Master that he can, 
except in relation to his own case. 

Nathaniel F. Deering, 
S. B. Straw, 
N. G. Cummings, 
C H. Cables. 

The Grand Representatives submitted their report. 

They gave the following statistics of the Order : 



160 HISTORY OF 

"Whole number of subordinate Lodges, 3>4 2 5 

"Whole number of subordinate Encampments, 641 

Initiations in Lodges, 175654 

Initiations in Encampments, 2,249 

Total number of Lodge members, 177,711 

Total number of Encampment members, 23,448 

Lodge members died, , 17,10 

Encampment members died, 219 

Paid by Lodges for relief of brothers, $300,389.15 

" " widowed families, 61,454.00 

•' " " education of orphans, 13,888.72 

" burying the dead, 65,227.75 

Amount of relief by Lodges, $440,959.62 

Amount of relief by Encampments, 36,636.74 

Total relief, „ $477,596.36 

Annual receipts of Lodges, $1,116,080.60 

Annual receipts of Encampments, 109,737.43 

Total receipts, $1,225,817.03 

Committees were appointed to revise the form of Burial Service and to prepare 
a form of Dedication of Halls. Lodges were prohibited from paying officers, be- 
side Outside Guardian, and Recording and Permanent Secretary. 

It was upon appeal decided to be improper to bring a charge against a brother 
after his death, [the case being that of alleged fraud on the part of a brother, in 
stating his age improperly at admission, but not discovered till after his death,] 
also that when the local law requires a majority of two-thirds present, that mem- 
bers excused from voting must be counted as present. 

The following Grand Officers were then nominated, elected and 
installed : 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; Andrew P. Fuller, Dep- 
uty Grand Master ; John B. Nealley, Grand Warden ; Edward P. 
Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; 
Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Chaplain ; Newall Blake, Grand Represen- 
tative ; Edward P. Burnham, Grand Representative, (to fill va- 
cancy occasioned by the removal of Daniel L. Choate from the 
jurisdiction.) 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

William C. Beckett, Grand Marshal ; E. D. Johnson, Grand In- 
side Guardian. 



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161 



DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Jefferson W. Sargent ; No. 2, Grand Master, 
(ex-off.) ; No. 3, Wm. F. Bickford ; No. 4, Deputy Grand Mas- 
ter, (ez-off.) ; No. 5, A. C. Pray ; No. 6, Abram Spooner ; No. 
7, Hugh Gordon ; No. 8, John Hutchins ; No. 9, A. F. Craig. 

Past Grand, Cyrus K. Ladd, resigned the office of Grand Chap- 
lain, and Past Grand, Rev. C. H. Webster, was nominated and 
elected Grand Chaplain. 

The special committee to whom was referred that portion of the 
Grand Master's communication which alludes to the decease of 
Past Grand Chaplain Cummings, and Past Grand Bailey, submit- 
ted the following resolutions, which were adopted : 

Whereas, This Grand Lodge since its last session has experienced a great be- 
reavement in the death of its late Grand Chaplain, Past Grand Cyrus Cummings, 
who has served long and faithfully in many stations in the various grades of Odd 
Fellowship, therefore 

Resolved, That in the death of this our venerable brother, one who had en- 
deared himself to our institution by a long course of useful services, and for so 
long a time has lead the devotions of this Body at its annual sessions, we recog- 
nize a merciful providence which has continued him among us, for such a length 
of years, even to the borders of old age, and has now removed him from his la- 
bors and cares. 

Resolved, That in brother Cummings, we have always recognized the faithful 
and devoted Odd Fellow, always in earnest, ready for all good works connected 
with our institution. 

Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his family and friends in their be- 
reavement, as well as the members of our fraternity, who have also lost a friend 
and brother, one whom they respected in life and lament in death. 

Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the records of the Grand 
Lodge, and that the Grand Secretary be directed to forward a copy to the widow 
of our deceased brother. 

Whereas, This Grand Lodge having since its last session been deprived by 
death of one of its members, Past Grand William Bailey, therefore, 

Resolved, That in the death of brother Bailey, the Grand Lodge has been de- 
prived of the services of a member, young, active, and of good report, and his 
early departure may well call forth feelings of sorrow and regret. 

Resolved, That we tender our sympathies to his bereaved relatives and friends 
for their great loss. 

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162 HISTORY OF 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be directed to enter these resolutions upon 
our records, and forward a copy to his nearest relative. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OP THE ORDER. 

The reports of 24 Lodges for the year ending July 1, 1860, show the 
total number initiated to be 43 ; admitted by card, 11 ; withdrawn by card 
5 ; suspended, 78 ; expelled, 1 ; brothers relieved, 81 ; widowed families 
relieved, 13; brothers buried, 9 ; paid for relief of brothers, $2,687.00; 
paid for relief of widowed families, $180.00; paid for education of or- 
phans, $24.00 ; paid for burying the dead, $180.00 ; total relief, $3,022.00 ; 
revenue, $4,922.00 ; funds on hand and invested, $34,830.00 ; widow and 
orphan's fund, $4,887.00; contributing members, 1,187; Past Grands, 
366. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 13, 1861. 
Officers present, — Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; An- 
drew J. Fuller, Deputy Grand Master ; John B, Nealley, Grand 
Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary and Treasurer ; 
Newell Blake, Edward P. Burnham, Grand Representatives: 

The following Past Grands were admitted, and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

James H. Baker, George W. Brown, Samuel A. Nash, Stephen 
K. Dyer, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; Leader Dam, Charles H. Rich, 
John H. Dennison, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Rufus Stanley, 
George Fessenden, Henry W. Hersey, Eben D. Choate, Jedediah 
N. Morrill, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; Nathaniel Clarke, Samuel G. Hills, 
of Union, No. 35 ; M. P. Church, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Hanson 
W. Small, George W. Farr, of Manufacturers and Mechanics, 
No. 62. 

The Grand Master read his annual communication. 

He furnished the following review of the results of Odd Fel- 
lowship in Maine for the past seventeen years. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 



163 



No. of Brothers 
Relieved. 



Widows Re- 
lieved. 



Brothers Bu- 
ried. 



Total Relief. 



1845- 
1846. 
1847.. 
1848., 
1849., 
1850. 
1S51. 
1852. 

1853- 
1854. 
i8 5S . 
1856. 

1857. 
1858. 

1859. 
i860. 



.306 1.... 8 $4,254-75 

.486 7 27 7,304-03 

530 11 35 io,593-o8 

580 13 37 11,928.07 

544 24 44 10,830.38 

.5" 25 43 9,736.06 

.352 16 49 8,406.13 

.274 18 28 5,231.18 

,200 15 20 4,000.00 

• 195 13 J 9 4,500.00 

.192 12 19 5,025.00 

.135 IO l6 3,530-oo 

.142 20 19. . . , 4,003.78 

.106 16 14 2,567.17 

- 84 14 9 2,964.43 

. 81 13 9 3,022.00 



4718 228 396 $97,896.06 

These statistics answer conclusively the question " Of what use 
is Odd Fellowship ? " Surely an institution that can accomplish 
so much, and with so little noisy demonstration, is worth preserving. 

He stated that Narramisic Lodge, No. 36, had surrendered its 
books and charter. 

He said no questions had been submitted to him for decision, and 
he had had no correspondence requiring action of the Grand 
Lodge. 

The Grand Representatives presented their report. 

The report showed that a form of dedication of Odd Fellow's 
Halls, or Lodge Rooms, and a ceremony to be observed in laying 
corner stones, were adopted ; also the following statistics for the 
year ending July 1, 1860 : 



Whole number of Lodges, , 

" " Encampments, 

Initiations in Lodges 

" " Encampments, 

Lodge members, 

Encampment members, 

Lodge members deceased during the year, 

Encampment members deceased during the year, 



3.547 

671 

16,980 

2,429 

73.Si8 

23,674 

i,597 

209 



164 HISTORY OF 

Paid by Lodges for relief of brothers, $349,^9^-35 

" " widowed families, 62,342.79 

" " education of orphans, 12,682.07 

" " burying the dead, 55,016.06 

Amount of relief by Encampments, 42,454.63 

Annual receipts of Lodges, 1,163,407.29 

" " Encampments, 107,496.74 

The following Grand Officers were then elected and installed : 
Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; Andrew J. Fuller, 
Deputy Grand Master ; John B. Nealley, Grand Warden ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; 
Edward P. Burnham, Grand Representative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
Rufus Stanley, Grand Marshal; A. D. Smith, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Grand Warden, (ex-off. ; ) No. 2, Grand Mas- 
ter, (ex-off. ; ) No. 3, Benj. C. Stone ; No. 4, Deputy Grand 
Master, {ex-off. ; ) No. 5, A. C. Pray ; No. 6, Abram Spooner ; 
No. 7, C. H. Cables ; No. 8, A. N. Yeaton. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of 23 Lodges for the year J 860, show number initiated, 76 ; 
admitted by card, 6 ; withdrawn by card, 4 ; suspended, 27 ; expelled, 17 ; 
brothers relieved, 86 ; widowed families relieved, 13 ; brothers buried, 11 ; 
paid for relief of brothers, $2,375.00 ; paid for relief of widowed families } 
$167.00 ; paid for burying the dead, $230.00 ; total relief, $2,742.00 ; rev- 
enue, $4,643.00 ; funds on hand and invested, $37,025.00; widow and or- 
phan's fund, $5,099.00 ; contributing members, 1,220 ; Past Grands, 354. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 12, 1862. 
Officers present — Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master; N. I. 
Mitchell, Deputy Grand Master, pro tern. ; John B. Nealley, 
Grand Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary and Treas- 



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ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 165 

urer ; Newell Blake, Edward P. Burnham, Grand Representatives. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

Richard Cole, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; Harrison Cleaves, of 
Saco, No. 2 ; J. A.. Fenderson, Samuel Wilcox, W. S. Philbrook, 
of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Franklin Fox, of Logonia, No. 5 ; 
Daniel Wood, of Androscoggin, No. 24. 

The Grand Master read his annual report. 

He alluded in fitting terms to the death of Thomas Wildey, the 
founder of Odd Fellowship in the United States. 

He reported the Order in a healthful condition. 

He stated that Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34, which surrendered 
its charter in 1857, had petitioned for leave to resume work, which 
he had granted, and recommended that the charter be restored by 
vote of the Lodge. 

He states that brother Newell Blake, Grand Representative, re- 
signed the office, and he had tendered the position to several com- 
petent and esteemed brethren, all of whom declined. The position 
therefore, remained unfilled. He stated that no questions neces- 
sary for the consideration of the Grand Lodge had been presented 
to him for consideration. 

Grand Representative Burnham submitted his report. 

He stated : — The inquiry of this Grand Lodge, " How can a 
brother who has been suspended for non-payment of dues, in a 
Lodge which has since his suspension, surrendered its charter, be 
re-instated in the Order, or can any Subordinate Lodge receive 
him by initiation, or otherwise ? " having been presented and re- 
ferred to the committee on the State of the Order, their report 
was adopted : " That a brother in such case may be admitted to 
membership in a Lodge or Encampment, as the case may be, upon 
such terms, and upon such evidence, as the proper State, Terri- 
torial, or District Grand Lodge, or Grand Encampment, may by 
law prescribe. Your committee know of no law of this Grand 
Lodge which is applicable to such case ; and they are of the opinion 
that it should be left in control of the local Grand Bodies.' ' 



166 HISTORY OF 

The following Grand Officers were elected and installed: 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; Andrew J. Fuller, Deputy 

Grand Master ; John B. Nealley, Grand Warden ; Edward P. 

Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; 

Elisha Clarke, Grand Representative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

Rufus Stanley, Grand Marshal; Louis Bunce, Grand Inside 

Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Grand Warden, (ex-off. ; ) No. 2, Grand 
Master, (ex-off. ;) No. 3, Benj. 0. Stone ; No. 4, Deputy Grand 
Master, (ex-off\ ;) No. 5, A. C. Pray ; No. 6, Charles Williams ; 
No. 7, Danforth Carroll ; No. 8, A. N. Yeaton. 

The following was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Master be authorized and requested to restore to 
Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34, the charter that has been heretofore recalled, and 
that their semi-annual reports may be commenced from January 1, 1863. 

Several inquiries made, were referred to the committee on the 
State of the Order. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met persuant to adjournment. 

The committee on the State of the Order made the following re- 
port, which was accepted : 

The committee on the State of the Order, to which was referred the question 
proposed by Past Grand Fenderson, of Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, 

" Do the constitution and laws and the principles of the Order authorize a Su- 
bordinate Lodge to vote money from its ftmds as a charity, to its own members 
or others, where a case of necessity shall arise for so-doing ?" 

It would seem from the wording of this inquiry that it answered itself. If there 
was a necessity for so-doing, it would seem to override all law ; as the old adage 
that necessity knows no law, would seem here in full force. But your committee 
do not intend to put their answer to this question upon that ground. They con- 
sider that all the principles of the Order look to the relief of destitute brothers } 
and that Lodges are not only allowed, but are compelled by their principles to 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 167 

this, their highest duty, to afford relief to their sick and destitute members, from 

the funds of the Lodge or otherwise. 
And further, if in the opinion of the Lodge, contributions to relief of any dis- 

tre?sed, in or out of the Order, will be for the interest of the Institution, or is 

commanded by its principles, they have an undoubted right in a legal and proper 

way, to vote funds for the purpose. 

Nath'l F. Deering, 
Elisha Clarke, 
Edward P. Burnham, 
C. K. Ladd. 

The committee on the State of the Order, made the following 
report, which was accepted : 

The committee on the State of the Order to which was referred the resolution 
of Maine Lodge, No. I, upon the following question, viz. : 

" In case a vacancy occurs in the office of Permanent Secretary of a Lodge in 
the course of a term, can his successor be constitutionally elected on the same 
evening that the vacancy occurs, on a motion to proceed to fill said vacancy, no 
previous nomination having been made ? " 

Having taken the subject into consideration, and report that in their opinion it 
is entirely legal and constitutional to proceed to an election of an officer to 
succeed one who has resigned, and on the same evening that the resignation was 
received, and although a nomination previously is desirable, yet we do not con- 
sider that it will vitiate an election otherwise made in a legal manner. 

That the nominations, made necessary by the constitution and by-laws, apply 
to the regular semi-annual elections, and not to filling vacancies. 
Respectfully submitted, 

Nath'l F. Deering, 
Elisha Clarke, 
Edward P. Burnham, 
C. K. Ladd. 

The following report was presented and accepted, and the an- 
nexed resolution adopted : 

The committee on the State of the Order to whom was referred the request 
"to report what action is necessary to enable Lodges to admit members of other 
Lodges who were suspended therefrom for the non-payment of dues, and whose 
Lodges have become defunct since said suspension," having considered the same 
report the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the Grand Master and Grand Secretary be authorized to give 
such applicant a certificate to enable him to apply for membership in another 
Lodge, after paying to the Grand Secretary the amount due from him to his 
Lodge, at the time he was^suspended from his Lodge. 

E. P. Burnham, 
Nath'l F. Deering, 
Elisha Clarke, 
C K. Ladd. 



168 HISTORY OF 

The special committee to whom was referred that part of the 
Grand Master's communication relating to the death of Past Grand 
Sire, Thomas Wildey, reported, giving a sketch of his life and ser- 
vices in the cause of Odd Fellowship and submitted the following 
resolutions, which were accepted : 

Whereas, The Odd Fellows of Maine, in common with the brethren of the Or- 
der throughout the whole jurisdiction of Odd Fellowship, have been called upon 
to mourn the decease of the Father and Founder of the institution in this country ; 
and we, the Odd Fellows of the State of Maine in Grand Lodge assembled, wish- 
ing to place upon record our deep sense of the magnitude of this loss, and our 
appreciation of the great services of this venerable patriarch of our Order — 
therefore, 

Resolved, That the intelligence of the death of Past Grand Sire, Thomas Wild- 
ey, of Baltimore, the Father, Friend, and Benefactor of Odd Fellowship, has 
filled our hearts with emotions of sadness and profound regret. 

Resolved, That the memory of our beloved Father and Benefactor should be 
cherished by every Odd Fellow, with the deepest feelings of gratitude, for his life- 
long services in the cause of Odd Fellowship ; for his untiring exertions in pro- 
moting the cause of true philanthropy ; for his early sacrifices of time and means ; 
and for the unexampled.energy and zeal which he has uniformly exhibited through 
a long series of years in establishing and carrying forward to a glorious success 
the great work of humanity and benevolence, the fruits of which are now spread 
over this and other lands. 

Resolved, That we tender our sincere sympathies to the members of the Order 
everywhere, in this, their and our great affliction ; hoping that the great exam- 
ple of his life and services may not be lost upon them, or upon ourselves. 

Resolved, That we tender to the family of our deceased brother, our feelings of 
condolence and sympathy in this their great bereavement. 

Resolved, That we recommend to the Lodges in this State, to drape their Lodge 
Rooms in mourning, and that the members wear the usual badges of mourning 
for thirty days. 

Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be transmitted to the Grand Lodge 
of the United States. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Whole number of Lodges reported for the year ending July 1, 1862, 
24 ; number of initiations, 78 ; admitted by card, 6 ; withdrawn by card, 
3 ; suspended, 81 ; expelled, 79 ; brothers relieved, 92 ; widowed families 
relieved, 12 ; brothers buried, 11 ; paid for relief of brothers, $2,610 ; paid 
for relief of widowed families, $144.00 ; paid for burying the dead, $262.- 



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169 



00; total relief, $2,950; revenue, $4,870.00; funds on hand and invested, 
$33,465.00; widow and, orphan's fund, $5,084; contributing members, 
1,205 ; Past Grands, 360. 



NINETEENTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1863. 

Officers present, — Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; C. K. 
Ladd, Deputy Grand Master, pro tern. ; N. G. Cummings, Grand 
Warden, pro tern. ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary and Treas- 
urer. 

The following Past Grands, were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

James E. Haseltine, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; S. M. Sawyer, 
P. H. Morse, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Josiah Gatchell, of Re- 
lief, No. 8 ; D. G. Pillsbury, of Union, No. 35 ; Jerome B. Gar- 
land, Charles H. Nelson, Moses W. Webber, B. F. Day, of La- 
conia, No. 44 ; L. P. Haywood, C. H. White, of Carrabasset, No. 
34; Charles Weatherbee, of Saco, No. 2 ; George G. Hartwell, 
of Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 62. 

The Grand Master submitted his annual report. He alluded to 
the encouraging fact that the Order in Maine at this time, is 
stronger in numbers, in funds, and in work than for many years 
past. 

He recommended to the consideration of the Grand Lodge the 
expediency of providing by law, that the officers of Lodges shall 
commit the charges and Lectures of their offices to memory. 

He stated that Astoria Lodge, No. 88, had surrendered its char- 
ter. 

He further stated that no questions had been presented to him 
requiring the action of the Grand Lodge. 

The Grand Representatives presented their report : 

Twenty-six jurisdictions were represented by sixty Representatives from twen- 
ty-five Grand Lodges, and nineteen Grand Encampments. 



170 HISTORY OF 

It was decided that "the possession of the A. T. P. W., is a necessary qualifi- 
cation by an applicant for membership by deposit of card." Grand Secretaries 
and Grand Scribes were prohibited from delivering or transmitting visiting or 
withdrawal cards to any person whatever, or to any Lodge or Encampment, ex- 
cepting upon the order in writing of a Lodge or Encampment, signed by its Sec- 
retary or Scribe, and authenticated by its official seal. Grand Bodies whose ten- 
torial jurisdiction is contiguous or adjacent, were empowered to pass laws per- 
mitting Encampments and Lodges in other jurisdictions to initiate or admit to 
membership, persons whose residence, though not actually in said jurisdiction, 
is nearest to the place of location of such Encampment or Lodge. The report 
showed that the last note due from this Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodge of the 
United States was paid during the session. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to the election of officers with 
the following result : 

Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Master ; John B. Nealley, Deputy 
Grand Master ; David Norton, Grand Warden ; Edward P. Banks, 
Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; D. B» 
Randall, Grand Chaplain ; Edward P. Burnham, Grand Represen- 
tative. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

B. F. Day, Grand Marshal ; Louis Bunce, Grand Inside Guar- 
dian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Deputy Grand Master, (ex-off**)\ No. 2, Grand 
Master, (ex-off.) , No. 3, Benj. C. Stone ; No. 4, Asher Ellis ; 
No. 5, George Webb ; No. 6, Charles Williams ; No. 7, Danforth 
Carrol ; No. 8, Grand Warden, (ex-off.~). 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

Past Grand David Norton, submitted an appeal from the action 
of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, which was referred to the committee 
on appeals. The facts as elicited were substantially as follows : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 171 

George H. Norton, a member of the above named Lodge, en- 
listed in the military service of the country, and while absent in 
the field, was taken sick and confined to the hospital three weeks, 
in October, 1861, and five weeks in June, 1862. Application be- 
ing made for benefits, the Lodge refused to vote them, upon the 
ground that he was drawing pay from the government during his 
illness, and was therefore not within the rule of the Order entitling 
him to benefits. 

The committee reported that this being a claim arising under 
circumstances that could not have been contemplated at the time 
the beneficiary system was established, no provisions could have 
been made for such contingences. The brother was in receipt of 
his usual pay during his sickness, consequently sustained the same 
relation toward the maintenance of his family, and was subjected 
to no unusual expense. 

The committee submittted a resolution, that the action of the 
Lodge be sustained. 

The resolution offered by the committee was rejected, and the 
Lodge was directed to pay the benefit claimed. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge are satisfied that the disuse of the working 
books in the Lodge room, and the delivery of the charges by the officers from 
memory, would add largely to the interest of the meetings, and the impressive- 
ness of our excellent ritual. 

Resolved, That the subordinate Lodges are hereby directed to take such meas- 
ures as will effect the proposed object, as far as they may find it practicable. 

Resolutions of respect to the memory of Past Grand Stephen 
Waite, of Ligonia Lodge, were adopted. 

The death of Past Grand John Hutchins, was alluded to, and 
the name of each was ordered to be inserted in tablet form in the 
printed proceedings. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of 22 Lodges for the year ending July 1, 1863, show the to - 
tal number initiated, 114; admitted by card, 5; withdrawn by card, 3; 



172 HISTORY OF 

suspended, 52; expelled, 1; brothers relieved, 81; widowed families re- 
lieved, 14; brothers buried, 15; paid for relief of brothers, $2,749-00; 
paid for relief of widowed families, $ J 45.00 ; paid for burying the dead, 
$393.00; total relief,$3,045.00 ; revenue, $5,793.00; funds on hand and 
invested, $33,717.00 ; widow and orphans fund, $3,097.00 ; contributing 
members, 1,237 ; Past Grands, 337. 



TWENTIETH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 9, 1864. 

Officers present, — Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Master ; John B. 
Nealley, Deputy Grand Master ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Sec- 
retary and Treasurer. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge De- 
gree : Charles H. Blake, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; A. M. McKen- 
ney, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Freeman C. Ham, Joseph R. 
Hanson, E. F. Nealley, S. N. Wyman, Abner Boston, of Olive 
Branch, No. 28. 

The Grand Master made his annual report. He stated that the 
number of initiations the past year, was 101, but owing to suspen- 
sion for non-payment of dues and other causes, there appeared a 
decrease in membership of 23. He further stated that the finan- 
cial condition of the Grand Lodge was better than for some years 
past. 

He said that no questions had been referred to him that required 
action of the Grand Lodge. 

Grand Representative, E. P. Burnham, submitted the report of 
the Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge, of the United 
States. 

The .report showed that 'twenty-seven jurisdictions were represented by sev- 
enty-three representatives, from twenty-seven Grand Lodges and twenty-one 
Grand Encampments. 

A decision was made adverse to the claim for benefits of a widow whose hus- 
band has gained admission by misrepresenting his age. Also that a Lodge is 
bound to pay the funeral benefit when no expense is incurred in the burial of a 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 



173 



member. On appeal of Gratitude Lodge, No. 5, of Maryland — case of Charles 
Peregoy — the by-law is as follows : " every member of the -Lodge, in case of being 
rendered incapable by sickness or accident of following any business whereby he 
may obtain a livelihood, shall be entitled during such sickness or disability to re- 
ceive benefits " " It is admitted that brother Peregoy is able to attend to busi- 
ness of some kind, if it could be found for him." It was decided "that the onus 
was upon the Lodge to show that brother Peregoy was competent to attend to 
some business of which he has sufficient knowledge to pursue successfully. 

The committee on appeals reported on an appeal of brother Moses S. Mar- 
shall, from the action of Manufacturers and Mechanics Lodge in refusing him a 
card of clearance. The committee deemed the evidence on which the card of 
clearance was refused as not sufficient to warrant the Lodge to withhold the card. 
They recommended the passage of the following resolution : 

Resolved, That Manufacturers and Mechanics Lodge be directed to furnish 
brother M. S. Marshall,(all dues to the Lodge being discharged,) a card of clear- 
ance in due form — said card to date back to the time when the application was 
made therefor. 

The resolution was adopted. 

The Grand Lodge proceeded to the election of officers, with 
the following result : 

John B. Nealley, Grand Master; David Norton, Deputy Grand 
Master ; Nathaniel G. Cummings, Grand Warden ; Edward P. 
Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; 
D. B. Randall, Grand Chaplain ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Representative. 

The Grand officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

S, N. Wyman, Grand Marshal ; Charles Nutter, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Grand Master, (e&off.*) ; No. 2, Grand War- 
den, O-oJ.) ; No. 3, William Cilley ; No. 4, Asher Ellis; No. 
5, Nahum Morrill ; No. 6, A. H. Williams ; No. 7, S. H. Bus- 
bee ; No. 8, Deputy Grand Master, (jex-off). 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



174 history of 

2 o'clock, p. m. 



Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the subordinate Lodges be requested to examine into their sys- 
tem of dues and benefits for the purpose of ascertaining if the amounts received 
by them are sufficient to provide for benefits promised. 

It was voted, That no brother, after this session, be admitted to the Grand 
Lodge unless he be clothed in Past Grand's regalia. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of 22 Lodges for the year ending July 1, 1864, show number 
initiated, 92 ; admitted by card, 3 ; withdrawn by card, 2 ; suspended 
43; expelled, 13; brothers relieved, 93; widowed families relieved, 15; 
brothers buried, 11 ; paid for relief of brothers, $2,715.00 ; paid for relief 
of widowed families, $137.00 ; paid for burying the dead, $170.00 ; total 
relief, $2,967.00; revenue, $7,133.00 ; funds on hand and invested, $37.- 
453.00; widow and orphan's fund, $3,876.00 ; contributing members, 
1,219 ; Past Grands, 322. 



TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION. 

Saco, August 8, 1865. 

Officers present — John B. Nealley, Grand Master ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary 
and Treasurer ; E. P. Burnham, Grand Representative ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Representative. 

The following Past Grands were admitted, and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

Charles M. Littlefield, Frank L. Harmon, Joseph D. Emery, of 
Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Parker C. Wiggin, Edwin C. Frost, of Mou- 
sam, No. 26 ; George H. Abbott, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; Reu- 
ben Ball, of Cumberland, No. 30 ; Benjamin Burton, of Union, 
No. 35 ; William R. Littlefield, Samuel P. H. White, Gardner 
C. Libby, of Laconia, No. 44. 

The Grand Master read his annual communication. He alluded 
in fitting terms to the close of the civil war ; to the great sacrifice 



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175 



of life and treasure, and to the death of some of the best men in 
the country, whose lives had been sacrificed in the conflict. 

On the return of peace, the Grand Master used the following 
language : 

" But peace has come once more, to the great joy of us all. If any of us have 
differed as to the cause of the war, and the means used in the strife, all must — 
all do, rejoice in the return of the days of peace; and to us Odd Fellows, there 
is opened up a field of labor, appropriate to our profession of fraternal love, 
which we must not fail to occupy. A four year's of civil war must, — it has en- 
gendered much bitterness of feeling and ill will ; it is ours to cultivate forgiveness, 
and forbearance — of love and good will — to use our influence, as Odd Fellows, 
both individually and through our organizations, to bring about an era of good 
feeling and fraternal love, throughout the land. This is our mission — to do 
what we may to hasten the day spoken of by Jeremiah, in figurative language, 
— " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with 
the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fattling together ; and a little 
child shall lead them — they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ; 
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the 
sea." My brethren, that blessed day is not yet come ; we may not see it, but 
we hope for it — labor and pray for it ; and to bring it about in God's good time, 
is the mission of Odd Fellows." 

He alluded in fitting terms to the death of Past Grand Master, 
George W. Nichols, who departed this life October 27, 1864. 

He stated that last January, Lincoln Lodge, No. 10, voted to 
divide their funds among the members and disband. Through the 
efforts of the District Deputy Grand Master, the books and charter 
had been secured. In reference to this transaction, the Grand 
Master said, " I consider the whole proceedings a lasting disgrace 
to all those who participated in them, and this Grand Lodge should 
brand all such proceedings as infamous. " 

He further stated that through the untiring efforts of brother 
Elisha Clarke, Lincoln Lodge had been revived. 

He stated Relief Lodge, No. 8, had ceased to exist, and wound 
up its concerns, divided its funds, &c. 

He called attention to some singular transactions of Saccarappa 
Lodge, loaning their funds to the members, and suggested that the 
matter be investigated. 

He called attention to the frequent and dishonorable practice of 



176 HISTORY OP 

Lodges dividing the funds collected, and designed only for the use 
of members of the Order who are sick or in distress, among their 
members who are neither sick or in distress ; thus diverting the 
funds entrusted to their care, as trustees, from a benevolent pur- 
pose, to one not contemplated by those who contributed the funds, 
and suggested that the Grand Lodge take some action in the 
matter. 

The Grand Representatives made their report, stating that they 
attended the session of the Grand Lodge of the United States at 
Boston, September, 1864. Twenty-seven jurisdictions were rep- 
resented, by seventy-two representatives, from twenty-seven Grand 
Lodges, and twenty-one Grand Encampments. 

DECISIONS. 

" That a member of an extinct Lodge, who did not regularly withdraw there- 
from prior to its extinction, can be admitted to membership only upon presenta- 
tion of a card from the officers of the Grand Lodge under which the defunct 
Lodge existed." 

" The customs and usages of the Order prohibit the initiation of a person 
whose physical deformity prevents a compliance with the requirements and laws 
of the Order. The decision of the question, as to the applicability of the general 
principles to special cases of particular deformity, rests with the local authorities, 
and especially with the Subordinate Lodges to which admission is asked." 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Resolved, That Lodge or Encampment funds and property are held only in 
trust — that all attempts to divert the funds of a Lodge or Encampment from the 
specific objects for which collected, viz. : For " the benefits of sick brothers or 
brothers in distress," by dividing them, or appropriating them to other purposes, 
is a violation of the trust — that as trustees, Lodges and Encampments must ap- 
ply their funds only to those objects ; and if any Lodge or Encampment shall 
fail, from any cause, to work, the money and property, with the charter, must be 
surrendered to the Grand Body from which it derived its charter — that State 
Grand Bodies are required to enact proper laws to enforce obedience to these 
resolutions, and to disqualify persons violating such laws from all future connec- 
tions with the Order ; and if necessary, to invoke the aid of the laws of the 
country. 

Resolved, That the several jurisdictions, Subordinate to this Grand Lodge, are 
hereby recommended to provide such suitable legislation as may be requisite to 
enable working Lodges or Encampments to receive, as non-beneficial members, 
such members of defunct Lodges and Encampments, as were in good standing at 
the time of the dissolution of their respective Lodges or Encampments, and who, 
by reason of their advanced age, are now ineligible to beneficial membership. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 177 

The following resolutions on the death of Past Grand Master, 
George W. Nichols, were adopted : 

Resolved, That the long and faithful services of Past Grand Master Nichols, in 
the cause of Odd Fellowship, merit the grateful remembrance of the members of 
the Grand Lodge. Those services cover the whole period of the existence of the 
Order in the State. 

Resolved, That the sympathy of the members of the Grand Lodge, is respect- 
fully tendered to the widow of Past Grand Master Nichols. 

Resolved, That a page in our printed proceedings be devoted to his memory. 

Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this year be sent to the widow of 
Past Grand Master Nichols. 

The following Grand Officers were then elected : 

John B. Nealley, Grand Master ; Nathaniel G. Cummings, 
Deputy Grand Master ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Warden ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treas- 
urer ; George W. Farr, Grand Chaplain ; Edward P. Burnham, 
Grand Representative. 

The appeals of Past Grand Henry F. Sands, from the action of 
Maine Lodge, of Past Grand S. S. Rich, from the action of An- 
cient Brothers Lodge, and of Manufacturers and Mechanics Lodge, 
from the action of the Grand Lodge at the last session, were pre- 
sented and referred to the committee on appeals. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The Grand Officers elect were installed into their respective 

chairs. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

B. F. Day, Grand Marshal; Charles Nutter, Grand Inside 

Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS : 

District No. 1, Grand Master, (ex-off. ; ) No. 2, Deputy Grand 
Master, (ex-off. ; ) No. 3, William Cilley ; No. 4, Elisha Clarke ; 
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178 HISTORY OF 

No. 5, Nahum Morrell; No. 6, A. H. Williams ; No. 7, Samuel 
G. Hills ; No. 8, J. W. Humphrey. 

On the appeal of Past Grand S. S. Rich, from the action of An- 
cient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, the committee made two reports. 

The question was upon the proper construction of a by-law of 
said Lodge, which provided that the by-laws may be altered or 
amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present. The ma- 
jority of the committee took the ground that the language of the 
article referred to, meant " two-thirds of the members present and 
voting," and that those members who did not vote, or who refused 
to vote, should not be considered as present. They recommended 
that the appeal be dimissed, and the action of the Lodge sustained. 
The minority of the committee reported that the appeal should be 
sustained, and the action of the Lodge reversed. The minority 
report was adopted. 

The same committee reported on an appeal of Manufacturers 
and Mechanics Lodge, in the case of Moses S. Marshall, which 
was decided adversely to the Lodge at the last session, that the ac- 
tion of said Lodge was correct in expelling said Marshall, and that 
the decision of the Grand Lodge of last year be reversed, and the 
appeal of brother Marshall be dismissed. 

The report was adopted. 

The same committee reported on an appeal of brother Henry F. 
Sands, from the action of Maine Lodge, in declaring him not a 
legal member of said Lodge, for the reason that he was admitted 
on a clearance card issued by Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, after 
said Lodge had become defunct, by dividing its funds and breaking 
up its organization. The committee reported that the action of 
Maine Lodge was correct, and ought to be sustained. 

The report was adopted. 

On recommendation of the committee on the State of the Order, 
the following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the several Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction are hereby 
recommended and authorized to provide, by suitable by-laws, for the admission 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 179 

into their Lodges, as non-beneficial members, such members of defunct Lodges 
as were in good standing at the time of the dissolution of their respective Lodges, 
and who, by reason of their advanced age, are now ineligible to beneficial mem- 
bership. 

The following report was presented and accepted : 

The special committee to whom was referred the case of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 
ii, have attended to the duty assigned them, and ask leave to report : That the 
members of this Lodge, in April, 1864, voted to sell their investments, (about 
$900.00,) which were safely secured, and drawing at least six per cent, interest, 
and loan them, as they termed t it, in an equal proportion to each member, 
(amounting to about $38.00 each,) on ninety-nine years, without interest. This 
action Saccarappa Lodge maintained was a legitimate business transaction, into 
which the Grand Lodge has no right to inquire — that if they paid their dues to 
the Grand Lodge it was all that was required of them. 

Your committee cannot so view the matter. They look upon it as a capitation 
division of the funds without the remotest intention on their part of ever again 
making them available for the sacred purposes for which they were gathered — 
intended by them as an evasion ; but to our minds, a practical abandonment of 
the Order and its principles. For this unwarrantable and dishonest procedure, 
your committee declare that the charter of said Lodge is most justly forfeited, and 
they recommend that the most Worthy Grand Master be instructed to reclaim it, 
together with the working Books, &c. Nevertheless, your committee are desirous 
of saving Saccarappa Lodge to the Order, if possible, and therefore further rec- 
ommend that the Most Worthy Grand Master be further instructed to return the 
same to such members of Saccarappa Lodge, (the number to be not less than 
five,) as shall previously pay into a new fund the amount of money that they re- 
ceived in said division. 

eward p. burnham, 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., 
W. C. Beckett, 
Benj. F. Day, 
R. Cole. 

Resolutions of respect to the memory of Past Grand George T. 
Hedge were adopted, and it was directed that a suitable notice of 
our departed brother be inserted in a tablet form in the printed 
proceedings. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of 20 Lodges for the year ending July 1, 1865, show total 
number initiated, 91 ; admitted by card, 3 ; withdrawn by card, 5 ; sus- 
pended, 28 ; expelled, 8; re-instated, 2; rejected, 2; brothers relieved, 



180 HISTORY OF 

87 ; widowed families relieved, 9 ; brothers buried, 15 ; amount paid for 
relief of brothers, $2,578.00; amount paid for relief of widowed families 
$193.00 ; amount paid for burying the dead, $248.00 ; total amount of re- 
lief, $2,997.00; money received, $5,238.00; funds on band and invested, 
$35,409.00 ; widow and orphan's fund, $4, 324. 00 ; contributing members, 
1,146; Past Grands, 383. 



TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August, 11, 1866. 

Officers present, — John B. Nealley, Grand Master ; Nathaniel 
G. Cummings, Deputy Grand Master ; J. W. Sargent, Grand 
Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary and Treasurer. 

The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

George H. Walden, J. K. Merrill, Freedom Nash, of Maine 
Lodge, No. 1 ; John W. Adams, of Olive Branch, No. 28 : Charles 
A. Williams, of Carrabasset, No. 34 ; Hiram B. Smith, of La- 
conia, No. 44 ; Isaac A. Johnson, of Manufacturers and Mechan- 
ics, No. 62. 

The Grand Master submitted his report. He stated that the 
true men of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, had revived the Lodge, 
and it is now in full fellowship with the Grand Lodge. 

He further stated that no questions had been submitted to him 
for his official opinion. 

The Grand Representatives submitted their report, stating that 
they attended the session of the Grand Lodge of the United States 
at Baltimore, Sept., 1865. Thirty-three jurisdictions were repre- 
sented. The jurisdictions of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, 
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana, Texas and Kentucky, unrepresen- 
ted since 1860, were again represented, and their Representa- 
tives gladly received. The Wildey monument was dedicated Sept. 
20. 

DECISIONS. 

"A Grand Lodge may authorize a subordinate Lodge, under its jurisdiction, to 
initiate persons residing in another jurisdiction, adjacent to the Lodge applied to> 



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181 



provided that on all occasions the consent of the Grand Lodge, or Grand Mas- 
ter of the jurisdiction where the applicant resides, has been obtained ; and pro- 
vided further, that the Lodge applied to is nearer the residence of the applicant 
than any Lodge in the jurisdiction in which he is a citizen." 

" If the local law so provides, a Lodge may go through its regular business, 
close in due form, and then open and confer any of the degrees." 

" It is the duty of a subordinate to obey the decisions of its Grand Lodge, 
which are final and conclusive, until reversed by the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, upon proper appeal thereto. Pending such appeal the subordinate is 
not entitled to any privileges other than those accorded to it by its Grand Lodge, 
which may enforce its decisions by demanding the charter and effects of the sub- 
ordinate for noncompliance with the decision appealed from." 

"A candidate for membership in the Order, who has been elected in a Lodge 
where he resides cannot be initiated in a Lodge located where he may have a 
temporary residence, upon request of the Lodge electing him, but all initiations 
must take place in the Lodge in which the applicant is elected." 

" Where a Grand Master and Grand Representative of the same jurisdiction, 
each at different times, during the recess of the Grand Lodge, instruct a subor- 
dinate Lodge, or a D. D. G. Master, in the secret work of the Order, and their 
instructions differ, the instructions of the Grand Master, as the supreme author, 
ity of the jurisdiction, are to be followed," 

"A brother who has been expelled for non-payment of dues, or crime, from a 
Lodge which subsequently becomes extinct, can only regain membership in the 
Order through the Grand Lodge, to which the Lodge he belonged to was subor- 
dinate ; and this rule applies to the Patriarchal branch of the Order." 

" Satisfactory evidence of former connection with the Order must come from 
the Lodge of which the brother was formerly a member, or in the event of such 
evidence being inaccessable by reason of its being defunct, or otherwise, then 
from the Grand Lodge under whose jurisdiction the subordinate existed. In case 
the applicant is 1 unable to obtain the requisite evidence from either of these 
sources, then he may make petition for admission into the Order by initiation," 

" Subordinate Lodges or Encampments shall vote by ballot upon all applica- 
tions for final cards, made in accordance with existing laws ; and the affirmative 
vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary to the granting of 
the card." " Should, upon such ballot, a majority of the members present refuse 
their consent to the granting of a final card to an applicant therefor, such appli- 
cant, upon the payment of all dues and tendering a written resignation of his 
membership, and not being otherwise disqualified, shall be entitled to receive 
from the Secretary or Scribe, under seal, a certificate that he has resigned his 
membership ; and such certificate shall be sufficient evidence that the brother 
was in good standing at the time of his resignation ; provided, That upon the re- 
fusal of a Lodge or Encampment to grant such withdrawal card, the member ap- 
plying for the same shall have the right to appeal to the Grand Lodge or Grand 
Encampment of his jurisdiction." 



182 HISTORY OF 

" Expired withdrawal cards may be received on deposit for applications for 
charter of subordinate Lodges ; and for charters for subordinate Encampments 
where the holders of such cards are contributing members of subordinate 
Lodges." 

The following Grand Officers were then elected and installed : 
Nathaniel G. Cummings, Grand Master ; Jefferson W. Sargent, 
Deputy Grand Master ; Nathaniel EL Colton, Grand Warden ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand 
Treasurer ; Richard Cole, Grand Chaplain ; Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Representative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
John W. Adams, Grand Marshal ; Isaac A. Johnson, Grand In- 
side Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, Deputy Grand Master, (ex-off.) ; No. 2, 
Grand Master, (ez-ojf.) ; No. 3, E. D. Wight ; No. 4, Elisha 
Clarke : No. 5, Nahum Morrill ; No. 6, Henry Plummer ; No. 7, 
Samuel G. Hills; No. 8, Grand Warden, (ex-off.). 

Past Grand Master Clarke, offered the following resolution which 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the M. W. Grand Mas- 
ter, to consider and report to the Grand Lodge, whether Lincoln Lodge, No. 10, 
should be re-imbursed for money deposited with the Grand Treasurer by Past 
Grand John T. Gilman, then a member of Lincoln Lodge ; the said money being 
that portion of the fund of Lincoln Lodge assigned to said brother Gilman. 

The Grand Master appointed as said committee, Past Grand 
Master Kingsbury, and Past Grands Day and Doe. 

On motion of Past Grand Master Burnham, the question of re- 
funding to Saccarappa Lodge the money paid to the Grand Treas- 
urer by Past Grand Henry F. Sands, a former member of said 
Lodge was referred to the same committee. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

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to Lincoln Lodge, No. 10, and Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, the 
amounts paid into the treasury of the Grand Lodge by certain mem- 
bers of said Lodges on the division of the funds, reported that 
owing to some conflict as to the facts, and the brief period al- 
lowed them for consideration, they were unable to reach such con- 
clusion as the importance of the case seemed to demand. They 
therefore recommended the passage of the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master, the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, and 
the R. W. Grand Secretary are hereby authorized to examine the claims of the 
above Lodges, during the recess, and to award such amounts as, to them, may be 
deemed legal and equitable. 

The resolution was adopted. 

The death of Past Grand Andrew T. Dole was announced, and 
it was voted that a memorial tablet be inserted in the printed pro- 
ceedings. 

The Finance Committee reported, amount in the Treasury $312. 
15. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The returns from 20 Lodges, for the year ending July 1, 1866, show 
number initiated, 121 ; admitted by card, 2 , withdrawn by card, 11 ; sus- 
pended, 28 ; expelled, 28 ; brothers relieved, 101 ; widowed families re- 
lieved, 9; brothers buried, 17; paid for relief of brothers, $4,383,00; 
paid for relief of widowed families, $191.00; paid for burying the dead, 
$360.00; total amount of relief, $4,847.00; money received, $7,754.00; 
funds on hand and invested, $37,389.00: widow and orphan's fund, $4,- 
065.00 ; contributing members, 1,207 ; Past Grands, 285. 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 13, 1867. 
Officers present — N. G. Cummings, Grand Master ; J. W. 
Sargent, Deputy Grand Master ; N. H. Colton, Grand Warden ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary and Treasurer. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 



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Wm. H. Smith, Charles B. Nash, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; Wm. 
J. Bradford, of Saco, No. 2 ; Andrew J. Cummings, Addison 
Frje, Oren B. Whitten, Jotham R. Gribbin, of Ancient Brothers, 
No. 4 ; N. S. Morse, of Lincoln, No. 10 ; Wm. R. Harmon, of 
Saccarappa, No. 11; Wm. W. Keyes, John W. Shaw, of Olive 
Branch, No. 28 ; S. D. Sayward, of Carrabasset, No. 84 ; Simon 
E. Daggett, Jesse Drake, Ziba Simmons, of Union, No. 35 ; 
James Bead, S. F. Parcher, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Geo. A. Callahan, 
of Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 62. 

The Grand Master made his annual report : 

He stated that he had been unable to obtain a meeting of the 
Grand Officers named in the resolution in regard to the claims of 
Lincoln and Saccarappa Lodges, and therefore brought the subject 
again before the Grand Lodge. 

He recommended that the money paid into the treasury of the 
Grand Lodge by Past Grand Sands, be returned to Saccarappa 
Lodge, and the amount paid by Past Grand Gilman, be returned to 
Lincoln Lodge. 

He reported the following decisions : 

1. Each Lodge has the power of determining the question whether a proposi- 
tion for membership may be withdrawn while in the hands of the investigating 
committee. After the committee has reported, it cannot be withdrawn. 

2. The Lodge can re-commit a report to the investigating committee, and 
they are required to report as soon as practicable ; but a proposition cannot be 
withdrawn after the report has been re-committed. 

3. The N. G. cannot compel the Lodge to accept a report of a committee. 
All committees are amenable to the Lodge for the manner they perform their du- 
ties. If any committee fails to discharge its duties to the satisfaction of the 
Lodge, it may be discharged. 

4. A ballot must be had in all cases, whether the investigating committee 
report favorably or unfavorably. In case of rejection, it is the duty of the 
Recording Secretary to immediately notify each Lodge in the vicinity, giving the 
name of each person rejected. 

5. In case of the refusal of the Vice Grand and all Past Grands and Past 
Vice Grands to take the office of Noble Grand, any brother of the Scarlet Degree, 
in good standing, may be elected Noble Grand. 

[The 5th decision is undoubtedly corect as far as it goes, but in order to be 
entirely so, there should be appended thereto the following : "Provided, however, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 185 

that a dispensation for the purpose be first obtained from the proper authority in 
the jurisdiction to which the Lodge belongs." (See Digest 1334, 1335).] 

At the election of officers in Lincoln Lodge, No. 10, the present 
N. G., was elected Noble Grand for the ensuing term, over the 
present Vice Grand. D. D. Grand Master Clarke ruled that the 
election was null and void, on the ground that the retiring N. G., 
could not constitutionally be an eligible candidate for the office? 
while a V. G., P. Y. G., or P. G., were still standing for the 
election, and that the Noble Grand was not a Past Officer until he 
actually takes the chair of the P. G. 

The Grand Master approved the decision of the District Deputy. 

The decisions of the Grand Master, after having been referred 
to appropriate committees, were approved. The recommendation 
in regard to the money received by the Grand Secretary of Past 
Grands Gilman and Sands, was also approved. 

The Grand Secretary reported that- he had received the charter 
and books of Relief Lodge, No. 8. He had also learned that 
Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, had disorganized, and divided its funds 
among the few members who remained. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES REPORT. 

The report set forth that for the first time since i860, the Grand Lodge of the 
United States had representations from every subordinate Grand Body, except 
the British Lower Provinces, and a spirit of harmony and progress was manifest- 
ed, such as has not been exhibited for many years. 

DECISIONS. 

The following decisions, made by the M. W. Grand Sire, during the recess, 
were confirmed by the Grand Lodge. 

1. When the constitution of a Grand Body designates and fixes the place of 
its meetings, and that instrument is amended so as to permit the Grand Body to 
determine by resolution, or otherwise where its sessions shall be held, such 
amendment must be approved by the Grand Lodge of the United States, and 
until approved, the Grand Body, must continue to meet at the place required by 
its constitution prior to the adoption of the amendment. 

2. In all cases where a Lodge is about to ballot for a brother to receive his 
degrees, to be conferred either in that Lodge or in a Degree Lodge, the Lodge 
must close in the initiatory degree, previous to opening in the degrees to be 
balloted for. 

3. When a Lodge is open in the first degree, and has concluded the business to 



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be transacted in such degree, and desires to open in the second degree, the Lodge 
must close in the first degree before opening in the second degree, in the manner 
and form prescribed by the Degree Charge book — and the same rule applies to 
all degrees. 

4. The proceedings of a Lodge, when open in the degrees, may be read and 
approved at such time as the local law may provide, either at the same meeting 
at which the proceedings took place, and before closing in the particular degree, 
or at a subsequent meeting, when open in that degree. 

5. Certificates issued to members of an extinct subordinate, by the proper 
officers of the State Grand Body, in conformity with the existing laws of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, do not require the counter-signature of the 
Grand Corresponding and Recording Secretary to make them available, but all 
such certificates are to be recognized by every subordinate to which they may 
be presented, whether in or out of the jurisdiction issuing them — as having the 
same force and effect, and entitling the holders thereof to all the privileges of a 
card of withdrawal issued by an existing subordinate in good standing. 

6. The force and effect of the law regulating membership in the Patriarchal 
branch of the Order is not checked or destroyed by the neglect or failure of the 
Secretary of a Lodge to give notice to an Encampment ot either the granting of a 
withdrawal card to one of its members who is also a member of an Encampment, 
at the renewal of membership in a Lodge by deposit of card, but that whenever 
an Encampment is satisfied of the fact, in whatever form it may be presented, of 
the withdrawal of one of its members from a Lodge, or the renewal of his 
membership in a Lodge, in either case it is sufficient under the existing law to 
establish the status of the Encampment membership. 

7. The A. T. P. W. required of a brother to prove himself in possession of 
when he offers to visit a subordinate on a visiting or unexpired withdrawal card 
or is an applicant for membership therein by deposit of a proper card, is the 
A. T. P. W., of the year in which the card was issued and bears date. 

8. In reply to a question "whether a Lodge after its adjournment can go 
through and rehearse the old initiatory ceremony to its members ?" I gave it as 
my opinion that the rehearsal in any of the halls or Lodge rooms of the Order of 
any work which is not the present recognized work in use, arid prescribed as 
such by the Grand Lodge of the United States is clearly against all propriety, 
and that such a practice is highly censurable, improper and irregular, and should 
not be permitted by the Grand Officers of a Grand Body. 

9. My opinion has been asked from several quarters, whether raffles, lot- 
teries, gift enterprises, &c, gotten up by hall associations and Lodges, ostensibly 
for building halls, &c, were not in violation of the law of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States, prescribing the manner and form of asking relief by subordi- 
nates, and invoking my official interposition in suppressing such schemes. 

I gave it as my opinion that they were not inhibited by the law referred to, 
unless there was an evident design to evade the law by resorting to such schemes 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 187 

for the purpose of obtaining relief, where the requisite permission could not be 
obtained from the proper authorities, and that it was competent for the State 
Grand Bodies to prohibit such schemes eminating from their jurisdiction, or 
being laid before their subordinates, when coming from any other jurisdiction. 

The following decisions were also made by the Grand Lodge, 
either by the adoption of reports or by direct resolution : 

That " satisfactory evidence of former connection with the Order," within the 
meaning of the law, must come from the Lodge of which the brother was for" 
merly a member, or, in the event of such evidence being inaccessible by reason 
of being defunct or otherwise, then from the Grand Body under whose jurisdic- 
tion the subordinate existed. And should neither of these be accessible or at- 
tainable, then such evidence shall be regulated for each of the State Grand jur- 
isdictions by the Grand bodies thereof. 

That a card stating the rank of the holder thereof is not sufficient or conclusive 
evidence to entitle him to the privileges such rank confers ; he must be proved 
in the work of the degree expressed on the card. 

Provided, however, if the card states the holder thereof to be a Past Grand, 
and he shall not be able to prove himself in the work of that degree, from not 
having received it, the fact as set forth in the card shall be sufficient evidence to 
entitle him to the privileges such rank confers. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to election of officers and the 
following was the result : 

J. W. Sargent, Grand Master. N. H. Colton, Deputy Grand 
Master ; James E. Haseltine, Grand Warden ; Edward P. Banks, 
Grand Secretary; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Richard 
Cole, Grand Chaplain ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Representative. 

The Grand officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

J. W. Adams, Grand Marshal ; S. F. Parcher, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, Grand Master, (ex.-off.); No. 2, Grand War- 
den, (ez-off.y, No. 3. B. C. S one ; No. 4, Elisha Clarke ; No. 
5, A. C. Pray ; No. 6, B. M. Hight ; No. 7, S. G. Hills ; No. 8, 
Deputy Grand Master, Qex-off.~) 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



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2 o'clock, P. M. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The Finance committee reported, amount in the treasury, 
$401.99. 

The committee on appeals reported on an appeal of Joseph L. 
Ricker, from the action of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28, and rec- 
ommended that the action of the Lodge be sustained, and the ap- 
peal dismissed. 

The report was adopted. 

The same committee reported on communication of Wm. H. Pur- 
inton, that they had given him a hearing, and in the absence of 
any papers bearing upon the case, deemed further action un- 
necessary. 

The report was adopted. 

The committee to whom was referred the communication of the 
Grand Secretary in their report, recommended that the quarterly 
and A. T. P. W. be withheld from Pejepscot Lodge, until such 
time as it shall make its returns and pay its dues to the Grand 
Lodge. 

The committee denounced in severe terms the action of Sabattis 
Lodge, No. 6, in dividing their funds, and recommended that the 
Lodge be expelled. 

The report and recommendations were adopted. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That our Grand Representatives be and they are hereby instructed 
to use their best efforts to procure an amendment to the constitution of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, reducing the Representative tax. 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge hereby instruct their Grand Representatives 
to the R. W. Grand Lodge of the United States, to vote against any proposition 
to abolish the Degree of Rebekah. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of Subordinate Lodges, for the year ending July 1, 1867, 
show number initiated, 275 ; admitted by card, 12 ; withdrawn by card, 
9 ; jsuspendedj 45 ; expelled, 3 ; brothers relieved, 89 ; widowed families 



OLD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 189 

relieved, 4; brothers buried, 12; paid for relief of brothers, $2,949.00; 
paid for relief of widowed families, $113.00; paid for burying the dead, 
$220.00; total relief, $3,439.00; invested fund, $40,033.00; widow and 
orphan's fund, $4,774.00 ; amount of receipts, $8,547-00; contributing 
members, 1,452. 



TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1868. 

Officers present — J. W. Sargent, Grand Master ; N. H. Colton, 
Deputy Grand Master; J. E. Haseltine, Grand Warden ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Secretary and Treasurer. 

The committee on elections and returns reported that the follow- 
ing Past Grands had proper credentials, and recommended that they 
be admitted and instructed in the Grand Lodge Degree : 

Charles Holden, Stephen Marsh, Roscoe W. Turner, of Maine 
Lodge, No. 1 ; Charles H. Ford, William L. L. Gill, Albert M. 
Starbird, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Henry W. Hersey, John 
F. Sherry, Abel Sawyer, Charles E. Webster, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; 
E. H. Fogg, of Penobscot, No. 7 ; Bainbridge P. Brown, of Lin- 
coln, No. 10 ; F. A. Bettis, of Saccarappa, No. 11 ; William H. 
Durgin, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; Benj. C. Stone, of Cumber- 
land, No. 30 ; William Green, of Union, No. 35 ; Joseph N. 
Pierson, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Eli B. Bean, of Pequawket, No. 46 ; 
W. H. Greenough, Wyatt Weed, of Oriental, No. 60 ; John D. 
Johnson, John Holt, of Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 62. 

The following Past Grands were then admitted to the Grand 
Lodge Degree : 

Charles Holden, Stephen Marsh, Charles H. Ford, H. W. Her- 
sey, John F. Sherry, E. H. Fogg, Bainbridge P. Brown, W. H. 
Durgin, Benj. C. Stone, William Green, W. H. Greenough, John 
D. Johnson, John Holt, Wyatt Weed. 

The Grand Master then read his annual report. 

He stated that he had made the following decisions : 

i. That by a true construction of our laws the widow and orphan's fund should 
be kept separate from the general fund. 



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2. That a brother, temporarily leaving the Lodge room during the session of 
the Lodge, should, on his return, make his address to the chair. 

3. That a member of a Lodge in this State, having taken the first three De- 
grees, but now a resident of California, and wishing to get the other two Degrees 
of the Order, could do so by paying for them in the Lodge of which he is a mem- 
ber, and they sending him a certificate for them to some Degree Lodge in the 
State, where he is now a resident. 

The Grand Master recommended to the consideration of the 
Grand Lodge, the propriety of changing the quarterly pass-word, 
to a term pass-word. 

The Grand Secretary reported that Pejepscot Lodge had broken 
up their organization, and distributed about $400, among the re- 
maining 9 or 10 members, disposed of their other property, and 
thus cut themselves loose from the restraints and benevolent re- 
quirements of the Order, which, under their obligation as honorable 
men, they were bound to respect. 

Report of the Grand Representatives. 

The report shows that the Grand Lodge of the United States, at 
its last communication, was composed of 110 members, represent- 
ing forty Grand Lodges, and thirty Grand Encampments. It was 
the largest attendance since the organization of the Order. The 
re-union of the Order, suspended during the war, is once more 
perfect, never, we trust, to be again ruptured. 

DECISIONS. 

The following decisions of the Grand Sire, made during the re- 
cess, were confirmed by the Grand Lodge : 

Public installations cannot be held unless the State Grand Body has given con- 
sent to subordinates to have the same ; and where the Grand Master has forbid- 
den the same, the Grand Sire has no power to interfere with his decision. The 
decision of the Grand Master is binding until reversed by his Grand Lodge — 
unless his decision is in direct conflict with the constitution and laws of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The Lodge to which the applicant belongs is entitled to the fees for degrees. 

No Lodge has the right to give a certificate to receive the degrees until the fees 
are paid. It is the duty of any Lodge, upon the presentation of a duly authen- 
ticated degree certificate, if the brother is in good standing, to confer the degrees 
upon the candidate holding and presenting such certificate. 

The Noble Grand of a Lodge has no power to set aside any part of the consti- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 191 

tution of his Lodge. The objectionable section must be repealed or amended in 
the manner provided for in said constitution, and is binding on him and his Lodge 
until so repealed or amended. 

A Grand Lodge has no right to grant more than one ballot, and one reconsidera- 
tion of the same, to a candidate for membership in a Subordinate Lodge. 

A Grand Lodge has no right to require a residence for any definite period be- 
fore a brother can deposit a withdrawal card from a sister jurisdiction. A law 
of such a character is in direct violation of our principles. 

The R. W. Grand Lodge of the United States, having decided by her consti- 
tution the necessary qualifications for membership in the Order, no Grand Body 
has the right to change the same. 

A person who has lost an arm is not eligible for membership into the Order 
by initiation. 

The Grand Sire also gave a decision relative to the informal closing of the ini- 
tiatory degree, when about to ballot for degrees. But the Grand Lodge refused 
to affirm his decision, and in lieu thereof, adopted the following resolution : 

Resolved, That a Subordinate Lodge, before proceeding to ballot to advance 
brothers in the degrees, must be closed in the initiatory degree in form and 
manner prescribed in the charge book, and after having regularly closed in the 
form provided, the Lodge must then be opened in the degree or degrees applied 
for, in the form and manner provided in the Degree charge book, page 3, and 
shall not be opened again in the initiatory. 

The following Grand Officers were elected : 

N. H. Colton, Grand Master ; James E. Haseltine, Deputy 
Grand Master ; J. W. Adams, Grand Warden ; 0. B. Whitten, 
Grand Secretary; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer; J. A. 
Fenderson, Grand Chaplain; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Repre- 
sentative. 

The Grand Officers elect, with the exception of the Grand 
Warden, who was absent, were then installed. 

On motion of P. G. M. Burnham, it was 

Resolved, That P. G. Master Nealley, is authorized and requested to install P. 
G., J. W. Adams, as Grand Warden, and send a certificate thereof to the Grand 
Secretary. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
Charles H. Rich, Grand Marshal ; A. K. Yeaton, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, J. W. Adams, (ex-off.) ; No. 2, James E. Haz- 



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eltine, (ex-off.) ; No. 3, E. C. Bean ; No. 4, B. P. Brown ; No. 
5, A. C. Pray ; No. 6, B. M. Eight ; No. 7,*S. G. Hills ; No. 8, 
N. H. Colton, (ex-off). 

The following was adopted : 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master, R. W. Deputy Grand Master, R. W. 
Grand Warden, and R. W. Grand Secretary, be authorized to employ suitable 
brethren to visit the various subordinates in the State, and to endeavor to resus- 
citate defunct Lodges, and that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated 
for that purpose. 

P. G. Yeaton, submitted the following questions, which were re- 
ferred to the committee on the State of the Order : 

" Can a Lodge grant a duplicate card without any evidence, that the first, (or 
original) has been lost?" 

" A candidate having been proposed, accepted, and notified to appear for ini- 
tiation, can another Lodge entertain a proposition for membership from that can- 
didate, without the consent of the Lodge where he has been accepted, they 
knowing the fact ? " 

The committee in their report answered both questions in the 
negative. Adopted. 

The same committee reported adversely to making a change 
from the quarterly to semi-annual pass-word. 

This portion of the report was not adopted, but instead thereof, 
the following was passed : 

Voted, That the M. W. Grand Master is hereby instructed to issue the term 
pass-word semi-annually instead of quarterly, commencing the first day of Jan- 
uary, A. D. 1869. 

On motion of P. G. M. Cummings, 

Resolved, That the Grand Representatives from this Grand Lodge to the R. 
W. Grand Lodge of the United States be instructed to vote for the pending 
amendment to Article XIV., Section 2, of the constitution of the Grand Lodge 
of the United States, relating to the representative tax. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Whole number Lodges reported for the year ending July 1, 1866, 20 
total initiations, 303 ; admitted by card, 7 ; suspended, 21 ; expelled, 2 
brothers relieved, 114 ; widowed families relieved, 9 ; brothers buried, 20 
paid for relief of brothers, $3,763,80 ; paid for relief of widowed families, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 193 

$223.50 ; paid for burying the dead, $453.50 ; total relief, $4,360.80 ; in- 
vested funds, $42,521.03; widow and orphan's fund, $3,732.98; amount 
of receipts, $11,959.08; contributing members, 1,705. 



TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 10, 1869. 

Officers present — N. EL Colton, Grand Master ; J. E. Haseltine, 
Deputy Grand Master ; J. W. Adams, Grand Warden ; O. B. 
Whitten, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; C. H. 
Rich, Grand Marshal. 

The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

Charles R. Goodell, Roscoe W. Turner, William Fessenden, W. 
G. Norris, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; John R. Carpenter, of Saco, 
No. 2 ; Orlando W. Eldridge, John F. McCallar, of Ancient 
Brothers, No. 4 ; Peter W. Stoneham, Abial II. Stanley, of Li- 
gonia, No. 5 ; G. F. Marriner, N. R. Martin, of Saccarappa, No. 
11 ; J. G. Osgood, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; C. F. Moore, Edwin 
Meserve, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Levi Daniels, of Union, No. 35 ; 
Phineas Bachelder, of Oriental, No. 60, 

The Grand Master read his annual communication. 

He stated that he had given permission to organize a Rebekah 
Degree Lodge at Saccarappa. He had granted a dispensation for 
a new Lodge at Milo under the name of Dirigo Lodge, No. 63. 
He submitted the following question : If a brother of a defunct 
Lodge holds a card granted him by the Grand Lodge, does that 
card entitle the brother to admission, as a visitor, into any regular 
Lodge of Odd Fellows ? He called attention to the discarding of 
the apron, and expressed strong disapproval of the measure. He 
recommended that the Grand Representatives be instructed to use 
all honorable means for its restoration. 

He stated that Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13, had surrendered its 

charter. 

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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES REPORT. 

The report of the Grand Representatives showed that they had the pleasure 
of meeting, at the annual session, Representatives from every State in the Union, 
and from the District of Columbia and from the two Grand Lodges in the Do- 
minion of Canada. 

STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR l868. 

Number of Lodges, 3^95 

Number initiated, 40,080 

Number of deaths, 2,322 

Number of members, 245 ,036 

Number of brothers relieved, 21,344 

Number of widowed families relieved, 3,91 1 

Amount paid for relief of brothers, $458,538.48 

Amount paid for relief of widowed families, 1 13,275.02 

Amount paid for education of orphans, 19,957.26 

Amount paid for burying the dead, 103,847.50 

Total relief, 695,618.26 

Total receipts, $2,110,951.66 

DECISIONS OF THE GRAND SIRE, 

First. The seal of a Lodge or Encampment is in the official care of the Secre- 
tary or Scribe. They have no right to use the same, except as authorized by 
their Lodge or Encampment, or in the legitimate business of the Lodge or En- 
campment where it may be necessary to use the seal. 

Second. A certificate to authorize a brother to receive his degrees away from 
the location of his Lodge, can only be granted by application to his Lodge at a 
regular session. When open as a Degree Lodge the application cannot be made. 

Third. A brother in possession of a traveling or visiting card is not thereby 
deprived of holding office, or of his rights as a member of his Lodge. 

Fourth. Traveling or visiting cards are only intended to be used by a brother 
when traveling or visiting beyond his State jurisdiction. 

The A. T. P. W. cannot be used by a brother while visiting a Lodge within his 
own State, and a N. G. of a Lodge within the same jurisdiction would be justified 
in refusing to admit the brother unless he has the P. W. of the term. 

Fifth, The R. H. S. of the N. G. temporarily occupying the N. G's chair has 
no right to authorize a brother to confer the term-word upon another brother of 
the same Lodge to enable him to visit other Lodges. 

Sixth. There is no such rule in the Order " as to change the place of trial of 
the brother." He must be tried in the Lodge or Encampmeut where he is a 
member, and wherel the charges are preferred. No other Lodge or Encamp- 
ment has jurisdiction in the matter. 

Seventh. A D. D. Grand Sire has no 'right by virtue of his office, to take the 
G. P's chair in an Encampment. He can only take such chair when surrendered 
to him for installation of the officers. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 195 

Eighth. A brother holding a traveling or visiting card is entitled in visiting to 
use the A. T. P. W. in force at the time his card was granted. 

Ninth. An officer elected cannot be installed by proxy. 

Tenth. A special Deputy appointed to institute a Lodge or Encampment ful- 
fils his duty when such Lodge or Encampment is instituted, and he has made re- 
port of the same. 

Eleventh. All members of the Order are in duty bound, while in their Lodge 
or Encampment, to be governed by the well-known usages of the Order, and in 
case of their refusal, it is proper to prefer charges against them for conduct unbe- 
coming an Odd Fellow. No member can claim indulgence on account of his 
official position in the Order. 

The Grand Lodge approved these decisions, but added to the sixth, the follow- 
ing qualification : 

"Except in subordinate Lodges, under the jurisdiction of State, District, or 
Territorial Grand Lodges, whose by-laws make provision for changes of venue. 

The report showed that the effort made to reduce the Representative tax from 
seventy-five to fifty dollars, failed. A law was passed authorizing the establish- 
ment of Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah, and rules prescribed for 
their organization. 

The following resolution, offered by Rep. Bristow, of Oregon was adopted : 

Resolved, That hereafter, in the designation of the name and rank of brethren 
of the Order, the title or rank of the brother shall be placed after, instead of be- 
fore the name, as has hitherto been practiced. 

The decision of the Grand Sire made at the previous session, making the loss 
of an arm a disqualification for membership, was reversed, and Lodges allowed a 
discretion in the matter. It was decided to establish a flag, which should be 
known everywhere as the official banner of the Order. A law was passed dis- 
pensing with the apron, except in the initiatory and the Patriarchal and Golden 
Rule Degrees, and also changing the regalia in other respects. It was enacted 
that when a financial officer of a subordinate Lodge refuses to settle his accounts, 
he cannot of right demand a card of clearance, and a Lodge may refuse to grant 
such card until the brothers' accounts are adjusted. State jurisdictions were 
directed to so amend their laws that brothers shall not be expelled for non-pay- 
ment of dues. The holder of a visiting card is now entitled to the term pass- 
word from the Noble Grand, or the check-word from any chief Patriarch in his 
own jurisdiction. It was decided that donations made to assist petitioning broth- 
ers or Patriarchs by the parent or other Lodges and Encampments is allowable. 
It was resolved to hold the next session of the Grand Lodge in San Francisco. 

After the above report, the Grand Lodge proceeded to nomina- 
tion, election and installation of officers, with the following result : 

James E. Haseltine, Grand Master ; John W. Adams, Deputy 
Grand Master ; David W. Babb. Grand Warden ; Orin B. Whit- 



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ten, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; 
Harris C. Barnes, Grand Chaplain ; Joseph K. Merrill, Grand 
Representative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
George A. Callahan, Grand Marshal. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, J. W. Adams, (ex-off.) ; No. 2, J. E. Haseltine, 
(ex-off.) ; No. 3, Russell Lamson ; No. 4, Nathaniel S. Morse ; 
No. 5, George A. Callahan ; No. 7. S. G. Hill ; No. 8, Edmund 
Eogg. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

On motion of P. G. M. Cummings, 

Resolved, That the M. W, Grand Master be authorized and empowered to in- 
stitute Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah, at such places as he may 
deem proper, within this jurisdiction, subject to the approval of the Grand 
Lodge. 

On motion of P. G. M. Ladd, 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer, be a committee 
to procure, for the use of this Grand Lodge, a set of Grand Officers Regalia and 
Jewels. 

The constitution of Subordinate Lodges was amended by strik- 
ing out the provision for expelling members for non-payment of 
dues. 

A resolution was adopted, instructing the Grand Representatives 
to urge the restoration of the apron to the regalia of the Order. 

It was ordered that the next session of this Grand Lodge, be 
held at Biddeford. 

The salary of the Grand Secretary was fixed at one hundred 
dollars, and the Grand Treasurer, at fifteen dollars for the present 
year. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 197 

The Finance committee reported amount in the treasury to be 
$977.97. 

On motion of P. G. Master, Kingsbury, 

Resolved, That the Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, be instructed to furnish their annual report to the Grand Secretary, in the 
monthof October next, and that the Grand Secretary insert said report as an ap- 
pendix to the printed proceedings of this session. 

The committee on the State of the Order, reported in favor of in- 
structing the Grand Representatives, to vote in favor of the restora- 
tion of the apron. 

To the inquiry, " Has a member, suspended for non-payment of 
dues, a right to re-instata himself by paying up his dues, without 
a vote of the Lodge ? " the committee reported that this Grand 
Lodge has provided, by a constitutional provision, that a member 
suspended for non-payment of dues, shall not be re-instated without 
a vote of the Lodge which suspended him. 

To the question of N. H. Colton, P. G. Master : 

A member of a defunct Lodge, holding a card granted by the 
R. W. Grand Secretary, — does said card entitle the member to 
admission into any Lodge as a visitor ? 

The committee reported that the rights of a former member of 
a defunct Lodge, holding a State card, are the same under said 
card as are possessed by the holder of a card of withdrawal, issued 
by an existing subordinate in good standing. 

The report was adopted. 

The committee on appeals reported on the appeal of John Cobby, 
from the decision of Mousam Lodge, No. 26, whereby he was sus- 
pended for conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow, sustaining the 
Lodge, and dismissing the appeal. Report adopted. 

A charter was granted to Dirigo Lodge, No. 63. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

The reports of 20 Lodges for the year ending July 1, 1869, show num- 
ber initiated, 386; admitted by card, 16; suspended, 61; brothers re- 
lieved, 126; widowed families relieved, 17; brothers buried, 20; paid for 



198 HISTORY OF 

relief of brothers, $3,939.94; paid for relief of widowed families, $309.- 
00; paid for burying the dead, $525.00 ; total relief, $4,746.94; amount 
of receipts, $14,355.49; widow and orphan's fund, $1,251.60; invested 
funds, $48,228.93; contributing members, 1,780. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

Our Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United States, in their report 
stated that they attended the session at San Francisco, Sept., 1869. They gave 
a glowing account of the honors shown the Representatives at Omaha, of their 
journey across the mountains, of their stop at Sacramento, and the magnificent 
reception in San Francisco ; also that during the entire session of the Grand 
Lodge, every courtesy and attention was bestowed upon that body and its members 
by the Order in California. 

DECISIONS. 

The following decisions made by the Grand Sire during the year were con- 
firmed by the Grand Lodge : 

A brother of the scarlet degree, in good standing, desiring a certificate of his 
grade, to enable him to join an Encampment, is entitled to receive the same from 
the Secretary of the Lodge in due form upon application, and no vote of the 
Lodge is necessary for such certificate. 

The Grand Sire has no power to authorize royal purple degree members to 
wear aprons at the celebration on the 26th of April, 1869, or on any other occa- 
sion. 

The Grand Sire has no power to authorize subordinates, under the jurisdiction 
of State Grand Bodies, to apply to sister Lodges outside the jurisdiction for pe- 
cuniary aid for building Odd Fellow's halls. 

The costumes worn in the G. R. D., cannot be worn on public occasions. 

A brother of the patriarchal degree is entitled to receive the semi-annual 
word. 

Voting in a Lodge is by the usual sign of an Odd Fellow, except on ballot for 
membership, and is prescribed in the work. 

A Patriarch under suspension in his Encampment is not eligible to office in a 
Grand Encampment, and should such a Patriarch be elected, it is not competent 
to install him. 

It is unlawful for the charge books, or others containing or relating to the se- 
cret work of the Order, to be taken from the Lodge room. 

The N. G. of a Lodge being the proper custodian of such books, may entrust them 
to his subordinate officers for the purpose of qualification, while in the Lodge room- 

The laws of the Order prohibit the writing of the initiatory charges, as well as 
all other parts of the secret work. 

A Lodge or Encampment has the right to visit other Lodges or Encampments, 
when accompanied with its presiding officers, outside its own jurisdiction, without 
cards or A. T. P. W. 

Grand officers should address the chairs as other members. Grand Honors 
should be given them immediately after their recognition by the officers of the 
Lodge. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 199 

I do not understand that gloves are dispensed with for members of the R. P. 
Degree. 

A Lodge is bound to recognize and give a member P. G. Regalia, who is ad- 
mitted by card certifying that he is a P. G., if he has not P. O. Degrees. 

Suspensions for cause cannot be indefinite, nor for any unreasonable length of 
time. 

An Encampment cannot expel from the Order — only from its own body, hence 
trials should, if possible, be had in Lodges, as loss of membership in a Lodge 
severs connection with an Encampment. 

A Grand Lodge of a State may confer the power on the Grand Master during 
the recess to grant a petition from a Subordinate Lodge, to restore an expelled 
member to said Lodge. 

A Grand Lodge of a State, pursuant to law, may authoiize public installations 
by Subordinate Lodges — Journal, 2971, 2972. 

Measures were adopted to extend the Order into Germany, Italy, and other for- 
eign countries. 



TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Biddeford, August 9, 1870. 
Officers present — J. E. Haseltine, Grand Master ; J. W. 
Adams, Deputy Grand Master ; D. W. Babb, Grand Warden ; 0. 
B. Whitten, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; G. 

A. Callahan, Grand Marshal ; C. II. Blake, Grand Inside Guardian. 
The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 

Grand Lodge Degree : 

James T. McCobb, of Maine Lodge, No 1 ; C. A. Leavitt, E. 
L. Sawyer, of Saco, No. 2 ; Ezra Drew, Henry S. Trickey, of 
Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Charles Sherry, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; 
Henry Boardman, of Penobscot, No. 7 ; Alvin K. Gilmore, Jas. 

B. Drake, of Lincoln, No. 10 ; Hiram B. Sproul, Geo. D. Brown, 
of Saccarappa, No. 11 ; Jacob S. Ford, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; 
Geo. A. Downing, of Carrabasset, No. 34 ; Avery F. Brown, 
Leander Martin, of Union, No. 35; S. H. Pillsbury, C. H. 
Brackett, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Andrew Martin, of Pequawkefc, 
No. 46 ; Geo. W. Maxfield, of Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 
62. 

On motion of P. G. M. Ladd, 






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Voted, That the R. W. Grand Warden be instructed to confer the Grand Lodge 
Degree in the ante-room, upon all Representatives that may appear. 

The Grand Master made his annual report. He stated that he 
had granted dispensations for the following Rebekah Degree 
Lodges: Saco Lodge, No. 2, of Saco ; Esther Lodge, No. 3, of 

Biddeford ; Lodge, No. 4, of Lewiston. He further stated that 

in answer to a request of A. F. Craig, D. D. Grand Master, of 
Portsmouth, N. H., he had given the Lodges at that place permis- 
sion to initiate such persons resident in Kittery and Elliot, Maine, 
as should make application to them, as the nearest Lodge in this 
State was at South Berwick. Upon application of Washington 
Lodge, No. 4, of Great Falls, N. H., he had granted permission 
to receive one H. B. Lord, a resident of Berwick, Maine, to join 
their Lodge. 

A new Lodge has been instituted at Dover, under name of Kineo 
Lodge, No. 64. 

The following Grand Officers were then elected and installed : 
John W. Adams, Grand Master ; David W. Babb, Deputy Grand 
Master ; Geo. A. Callahan, Grand Warden ; 0. B. Whitten, Grand 
Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; J. A. Fenderson, 
Grand Chaplain ; N. H. Colton, Grand Representative. 
The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
E. P. Parcher, Grand Marshal, T. P. Sawyer, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, J. W. Adams, (ex-off. ) ; No. 2, I). W. Babb, 
(ex-off . ) ; No. 3, S. B. Bean ; No. 4, N. S. Morse ; No. 5, Geo. 
A. Callahan, (ex-off. ) ; No. 6, Geo. A. Downing ; No. 7, S. G. 
Hill ; No. 8, Edmund H. Fogg. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 
Charters were granted to Saco Lodge, No. 2, Daughters of 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 201 

Rebekah, at Saco ; Esther Lodge, No. 3, Daughters of Rebekah, 

at Biddeford ; Lodge No. 4, Daughters of Rebekah, at 

Lewiston ; and to Kineo Lodge, No. 64, 1. 0. 0. F., at Dover. 

The Grand Representatives were instructed to furnish their an- 
nual report to the Grand Secretary, in the month of October 
next, and the Grand Secretary to insert said report as an appendix 
to the printed proceedings of this session. 

On motion of P. G. Goodale, 

Resolved, That the Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, be instructed to use all laudable endeavors for the restoration of the apron. 

The Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer reported that they 
had purchased for the use of the officers of the Grand Lodge, a 
set of Grand Officer's regalia and Jewels, at an expense of $167.- 
50, according to instructions received at the last session of the 
Grand Lodge. 

Report accepted. 

The Finance committee reported amount in the treasury $905.90. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Lodges, 21 ; initiated, 371 ; admitted by card, 17 ; with- 
drawn, by card, 14 ; suspended, 50 ; expelled, 1 ; brothers relieved, 159 ; 
widowed families relieved, 31; brothers buried, 30; paid for relief of 
brothers, $5,966.55; paid for relief of widowed families, $544.00; paid 
for burying the dead, $711.00 ; total relief, $7,221.55 ; amount of receipts, 
$16,500.03; invested funds, $44,248.29; contributing members, 2,271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

The report of the Grand Representatives showed the Order throughout the 
entire jurisdiction, to be in a most flourishing condition, giving the aggregate re- 
turns for 1870, as compared with 1869, showing the increase : 





1869. 


1870. 


Increase. 


Number of Lodges, 


3.473 


3,765 


292 


Number initiated, 


41,183 


46,179 


5,096 


Number of members, 


268,608 


298,083 


29,475 


Amount of revenue, 


#2,347,073-86 


$2,714,288.93 


$367,215.07 


Amount paid for relief, 


760,429.54 


859,906.86 


99,477-32 



202 HISTORY OF 

DECISIONS. 

The following decisions of the Grand Sire, made during the year, were report- 
ed, and with slight modifications of the third and fourth were approved. 

First, Upon inquiry of the Grand Patriarch of Georgia, I have advised that he 
has power to confer the Subordinate Encampment Degrees, upon a sufficient 
number of scarlet members, for the purpose of qualifying them as petitioners for 
an Encampment at a place where none exists. 

Second, It has been inquired, "when a brother renounces Odd Fellowship, 
whether his Lodge can regard it as a resignation from the Order ; if not, to what 
extent does it affect his membership ? " Answer in the negative, and that such 
renunciation of the Order, has no effect whatever upon his membership or stand- 
ing in his Lodge. 

Third, Immemorial custom and usage, has assigned particular places for all 
the officers of a Subordinate Lodge ; which, in the absence of written law to the 
contrary, is binding, and that under this assignment, the Warden's position is in 
front of, and to the right of the Right Supporter of the Noble Grand. 

Fourth, That no regalia is legitimate, except that prescribed by law ; chapeaux, 
crooks, swords and belts, and all military paraphernalia, not so prescribed, are 
accordingly inadmissible. 

Fifth, Final cards are granted only by vote of the Lodge, the vote to be had by 
ball ballot. \ 

Sixth, When charges are to be preferred against the Noble Grand of a Lodge, 
they are properly placed in the hands of the Vice Grand, to be brought before 
the Lodge ; but there is no reason why any brother may not prefer such charges. 

Seventh, The vote by which a withdrawal card was authorized, cannot be re- 
considered, or rescinded. 

Eighth, Article twenty-four of the by-laws prescribes the regalia for past offi- 
cers of every description. 

Ninth, A Grand Master visiting as such in his own jurisdiction, should wear 
the regalia and jewels of his office. 

Tenth, The proper manner of voting in a Degree Lodge of the Daughters of 
Rebekah, is by yes and no. 

Eleventh, Upon inquiry of D. D. Grand Sire Ritter, of the jurisdiction of New 
Mexico, whether an article in the constitution of Paradise Lodge, No. 2, prescrib- 
ing that the Lodge may ballot for the degrees when open in the initiatory, was 
valid and legal, I have replied in the negative — that such a law was palpably in 
violation of the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and of no validity. 

The third decision was modified by striking out the words "and to the right 
of" in the fourth line. And the fourth, by adding after the word inadmissible, the 
words, as regalia. 

The following resolution was adopted : 
Resolved, That non-affiliated Odd Fellows, who have been regularly initiated in 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 203 

the Order, and have retained membership therein for at least ten consecutive 
years, and who, at the time of making application for re-instatement for member- 
ship, shall be over fifty years of age, may be admitted to membership to any Lodge 
or Encampment, as non-beneficial members, upon such terms as the^ local law 
may prescribe. 

Resolved, That when District Deputy Grand Masters, visit a Subordinate Lodge 
for the purpose of installing the officers elect, they, as the representatives of the 
M. W. Grand Master, shall be accorded the same honors that are given to that 
officer. 

Resolved, That all provisions inconsistent with the foregoing are repealed. 



TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Bangor, August 8, 1871. 

Officers present — John W. Adams, Grand Master ; D. W. Babb, 
Deputy Grand Master ; G. A. Callahan, Grand Warden ; 0. B. 
Whitten, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; E. P. 
Parcher, Grand Marshal ; T. P. Sawyer, Grand Inside Guardian. 

The following Past Grands having proper credentials were ad- 
mitted to the Grand Lodge Degree : Israel Hicks, of Maine Lodge, 
No. 1 ; Frank Maxfield, of Saco, No. 2 ; Albro E. Chase, H. C. 
Jordan, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; J. W. Humphrey, George S. Hall, S. 
H. Boardman, George A. Davenport, S. B. Morrison, of Penobscot, 
No. 7 ; W. C. Stover, Joseph Day, of Mousam, No. 26 ; Arthur 
Jameson, John Buffum, J. Y. Richardson, T. M. Chapman, 0. E. 
W. Hinckley, Lyman Eaton, A. W. Pollard, Nahum Godfrey, Sol- 
omon Moulton, H. F. Wallace, of Tarratine, No. 27 ; C. W. Mur- 
phy, H. Beetle, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; C. B. Dodge, M. 
Gleason, of Cumberland, No. 30 ; Joseph H. Knox, of Carrabas- 
set, No. 34 ; M. P. Payson, W. V. Brown, of Union, No. 35 ; 
Cyrus P. Berry, W. A. Foss, of Laconia, No. 44 ; A. R. Green- 
ough, Edward A. Buck, W. H. Prescott, Wm. W. Taylor, of Ori- 
ental, No. 60 ; G. W. Maxfield, 0. S. Newell, of Manufacturers 
and Mechanics, No. 62. 

On motion of Past Grand Babb, 



204 HISTOHY OF 

Voted, That the R. W. Grand Warden be instructed to confer the Grand Lodge 
Degree in the ante-room, upon all Representatives that may appear. 

The Grand Master submitted his annual report. 

He stated that one new Lodge had been instituted under dispen- 
sation, under the name of Plymouth Lodge, No. 65, at Dexter. 

The Grand Master reported the following decisions which were 
approved : 

First, An accused brother has in all cases a right to have counsel to assist him 
in his defence before the committee. If the charges are for revealing the secret 
work of the Order, the counsel should be one of the Order. If for immoral con- 
duct the accused brother may have counsel if he so chooses, out of the Order. 

Second, The committee have no power to prevent brethren of the Lodge to 
which the accused brother belongs from being present at the trial. (Fair trial 
implies a public trial so far as the members of the Lodge are concerned.) 

Third, The committee should furnish the accused brother with a written copy 
of the charges filed against him until they summon him to appear for trial, so 
that he may know what they are, and be able to prepare his defence ; this is very 
essential to a fair trial, and I may say that the committee and the brethren of the 
Lodge to which the implicated brother belongs, are bound not only by law, but by 
every principle of our Order, to extend to the accused brother their sympathy, 
and every facility in their power to aid him in proving himself innocent of the 
charges made ; for until proved guilty, he is presumed to be innocent. 

The Grand Secretary reported that he had in his possession, a 
petition in legal form signed by five members holding withdrawal 
cards from Cumberland Lodge, No. 30, praying that a Lodge may 
be instituted at Lovell, county of Oxford, to be known and hailed 
by the tLle of Keazer Valley Lodge, No. 66. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to election and installation of 
Grand Officers, with the following result : 

Davii W. Babb, Grand Master ; Geo. A. Callahan, Deputy 
Grand Master ; E. P. Parcher, Grand Warden ; Onn B. Whitten, 
Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; A. 
Rowell, Grand Chaplain ; James E. Haseltine, Grand Represent- 
ative. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

G. F. Marriner, Grand Marshal ; A. R. Greenough, Grand In- 
side Guardian. 



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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, E. P. Parcher, (ex-off. ) ; No. 2, D. W. Babb, 
{ex-off. ) ; No. 3, Micajah Gleason ; No. 4, N. S. Morse ; No. 5. 
George A. Callahan ; No. 6, Joseph H. Knox ; No. 7, Samuel G. 
Hill ; No. 8, F. M. Laughton. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Charters were granted to Plymouth Lodge, No. 65, at Dexter, 
and Keazer Valley Lodge, No. 66, at Lovell. 

The decisions of the Grand Master were approved. 

The committee on the State of the Order reported in favor of 
paying the expenses of the D. D. Grand Masters incurred while 
in the discharge of their official duties. The report was laid on 
the table. 

The finance committee reported amount in the Treasury, $1,- 
663.56. The committee recommended that the salary of the Grand 
Secretary be continued the same as last year, and that the salary 
of the Grand Treasurer be twenty-five dollars for the present year. 

The committee on appeals, on an appeal of brother S. T. Archer, 
from the action of Oriental Lodge, No. 60, in expelling him rec- 
ommended that the action of the Lodge be sustained. Adopted. 

The same committee on the appeal of brother David Norton from 
the action of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, in expelling him on char- 
ges for withholding the funds of the Lodge, violating the obliga- 
tions as Secretary of said Lodge, as laid down in the constitution, 
and treating the authority of the Lodge with contempt, recommend- 
ed that the action of the Lodge be sustained. Adopted. 

On motion 

Voted, That the price of State cards be one dollar each. 

On motion of P. G. William H. Smith, 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master be empowered to pay the expense of 
such brothers as he may see fit to employ to visit and revive defunct Lodges in 
this State. 



206 HISTORY OF 

On motion of P. Gr. Master, N. G. Cummings, 

Voted, That the Grand Treasurer be directed to pay the actual expenses of the 
Grand Master, when incurred while in the discharge of his official duties. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned; 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Year ending July 1, 1871. 

Number of Lodges, 22; initiated, 556 ; admitted by card, 21; with- 
drawn by card, 31 ; suspended, 92 ; expelled, 4 ; brothers relieved, 199 ; 
widowed families relieved, 20 ; brothers buried, 22 ; paid for relief of 
brothers, $6,477.29 ; paid for relief of widowed families, $434.16 ; paid 
for burying the dead, $573.00 ; total relief, $7,558.48 ; amount of receipts 
$19,511.38; invested funds, $62,301.40; contributing members, 2,660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

The report of the Grand Representatives showed the following decisions of the 
Grand Sire : 

The initiation of a candidate is not finished until he has been introduced to the 
Lodge. 

i. When an officer is under charges, his functions as such cease until the ques- 
tion of his guilt or innocence has been determined by the Lodge. 

2. A Noble Grand has no right to refuse to put any legitimate question to his 
Lodge — his differing with the Lodge has nothing to do. with the matter. 

3. It is a brother's right to vote a secret ball ballot ; he may conceal or ex- 
pose the character of his vote at his pleasure. 

4. Every brother present in a Lodge or Encampment is obliged to vote on all 
questions, unless excused by the Lodge or Encampment ; and no particular num- 
ber of votes is necessary s^long as a quorum is present. 

5* There is no reason why persons akin to each other, no matter how close 
the relation, should not hold office at the same time in the same Lodge. 

6. Officers elect having been examined in the <ante-room, when they enter 
for installation, do not address the chairs. 

7. There is no law against installing officers of subordinate Lodges in any suit- 
able hall outside the Lodge room, provided the form of Public Installation is 
used. 

8. Questions of law must go from subordinate Lodges to the District Dep- 
uties of Grand Masters. 

After a Grand Master has decided a question for a subordinate Lodge, said 
Lodge, if not satisfied, can only seek redress by appeal, properly presented to 
the Grand Lodge ; and said Lodge must abide by the decision of the Grand Master 
until said decision is reversed by the Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction. 

9. A subordinate Lodge is the proper tribunal to try all cases of delinquency 
when the charge is cognizable under the laws. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 207 

10. A brother withdrawing from his Lodge for the purpose of establishing 
(with others) a new Lodge, and failing to appear when the Lodge is instituted, 
cannot be considered as one of the charter members. If he wishes to join that, 
or any other Lodge, his card must be presented regularly, and he must be ballot" 
ed for according to law. 

11. No Lodge or Encampment has the right to refuse a dismissal certificate 
to a suspended member who makes proper application for the same. The laws 
of the Grand Lodge of the United States insure him this right, and subordinate 
Bodies must conform to them. 

12. No brother can visit the Grand Lodge of the United States, except upon 
a voucher of a Representative from the State from which he hails ; and no Rep- 
resentative is authorized to vouch for any visitor unless he is in good standing in 
his Lodge and Encampment, is a Past Grand and in possession of the Royal Pur- 
ple Degree, and by a Past Grand is meant having the. Grand Lodge Degree — in- 
asmuch as it would be absurd to admit a visitor to the Grand Lodge of the Uni- 
ted States who was not qualified to visit a State Grand Body. 

13. A Grand Lodge of a State has no power to appoint a committee of the 
Grand Lodge to try a brother of a subordinate Lodge. It may, however, order 
a subordinate Lodge to try a member, and to the order the subordinate Lodge 
must yield obedience. 

14. A Lodge may appoint or elect a chaplain, and he would be called an offi- 
cer, because he holds an office ; but holding that office would not make him elig- 
ible to an elective office. 

15. All voting in a subordinate Lodge and Degree Lodges, is by the U. S. of 
an O. F., unless otherwise provided. The exception is " not alone to a ballot for 
membership," as the decision of the Grand Sire 1869 would seem to indicate, but 
to advancing to degrees, granting withdrawal cards, suspending or expelling mem- 
bers and reinstating them, electing officers, reconsidering a ballot for membership, 
when the yeas and nays are ordered, etc., in which cases provision is made by 
law for voting otherwise. 

16. The honors are given to elective and Past Grand officers visiting outside 
of their own jurisdictions, after they have been recognized (addressed the chairs) 
and have been introduced to the Noble Grand by name and rank. 

17. The Grand Sire has no authority to revive a defunct Encampment insti- 
tuted by a Grand Encampment which is itself defunct. 

18. Any brother who has retired and wishes to re-enter the Lodge (the same 
evening), may use the Vice Grand's P. W. for that purpose. 

19. The Warden's position is in front of the R. S. of the noble Grand, and 
he cannot deliver his charge from any other place without a violation of law. 

20. A Past Grand Master has the right to announce his title as such, at the 
inner door, when visiting a subordinate Lodge on ordinary occasions, but he is 
not entitled to the honors of the Order, unless he visits on official business, 
which he should announce. Rank refers to the highest grade or title attained. 



208 HISTORY OF 

21. Members holding expired withdrawal cards are competent applicants for 
charters for new Lodges, and there is no limit to the age of the card. 

22. A member of one Lodge can prefer charges against a member of another 
Lodge. He may submit his complaint to his own Lodge, which should demand 
or request an investigation of the charges by the Lodge to which the brother 
charged belongs. Or the brother complaining may place the charges in the hands 
of any member of the Lodge to which the brother charged belongs ; and the said 
brother would have a right and should lay them before his Lodge, and the Lodge 
should take action. 

23. There is no law preventing members holding Dismissal certificates from 
being applicants for charters for new Lodges. 

24. There is no authority for an elective officer of a State Grand Body to in- 
troduce into a subordinate Lodge a brother holding an expired withdrawal card ; 
it cannot be done legally. 

Of the foregoing decisions, the following were approved : 

Unnumbered, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 24. 

The 1st decision was not approved. The 1st clause of the third decision was 
approved, — " It is a brothers' right to vote a secret ball ballot." The second 
clause was not approved. The following was substituted for the 8th decision : 
" No Lodge or Encampment, subordinate to any State, District, or Territorial 
Grand Lodge or Encampment, has a right to present questions of law directly to 
the M. W. Grand Sire for his decision. All such questions must go through the 
channel provided by the common law. In regard to the nth decision, the words 
" suspended member " were stricken out, and the words " suspended for non- 
payment of dues" inserted, and as amended, approved. 

The 17th decision was reversed. 

The 22d decision was approved, with the modification, " that while it is the 
right of any member of the Lodge to which the accused belongs to lay such 
charges before the Lodge, we can find no law which makes it compulsory upon 
him to do so." 

MISUSE OF EMBLEMS. 

Resolved, That no member of the Order shall either directly or indirectly, use 
or sanction the use of any of the emblems, the name, or any of the titles, or the 
mottoes, or the initials thereof of this Order, in the prosecution of any private 
business or enterprise. 

Resolved, That no member or officer of any Lodge or Encampment of this Or- 
der shall, either directly or indirectly, use or permit the use of his name, as such 
member or officer, in any private business or enterprise. 

Resolved, That a member of the Order shall not use any of its emblems, its 
name, or any of the titles, its mottoes, or the initials thereof, in any advertise- 
ment or public display not authorized by some law of the Order. 

Resolved, That any member of the Order or officer of a Lodge or Encampment 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 209 

who shall be guilty of any of the offences defined and set forth in the three pre- 
ceding resolutions, shall be considered guilty of a fraud upon the Order, and 
shall be suspended or expelled from membership at the option of his Lodge or 
Encampment. 

Resolved, That the foregoing shall not be construed to apply to any periodical 
or newspaper now published, or hereafter to be published, in the interests of the 
Order. 

A proviso also passed holding editors responsible, as members of 
the Order, for an abuse of the privileges, under above resolutions. 



TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Lewiston, August 13, 1872. 

Officers present, — D. W. Babb, Grand Master ; G. A. Calla- 
han, Deputy Grand Master ; E. P. Parcher, Grand Warden ; 0. 
B. Whitten, Grand Secretary; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer; 
Aaron Rowell, Grand Chaplain ; J. E. Haseltine, Grand Repre- 
sentative ; N. H. Colton, Grand Representative ; C. H. Blake, 
Grand Marshal, pro tern. : Ai Brooks, Grand Inside Guardian, 
pro tern. 

The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

James N. Read, James I. Barbour, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
Joseph H. Whitehead, of Saco, No. 2 ; Joshua Davis, Joseph G. 
Russell, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Charles H. French, Josiah 
H. Burleigh, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; James T. Gannett, of Lincoln, 
No. 10 ; F. H. Grant, of Saccarappa, No. 11 ; Ai Brooks, Jr., 
W. F. Garcelon, John L. Peabody, Frank W. Brooks, of Andro- 
scoggin, No. 24 ; George P. Lovell, of Mousam, No. 26 ; Simon 
H. Staples, Luther Nason, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; C. A. F. 
Emery, Charles V. Richards, J. W. Arnold, of Carrabasset, No. 
34 ; Lewis Robbins, Clement Ripley, S. H. Walcott, of Union, No. 
35; William B. Fenderson, G. W. Berry, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Fred 
M, Laughton, of Oriental, No. 60 ; William Pulverman, 0. G. 
Douglass, William F. Brann, of Manufacturers and Mechanics, 
No, 62 ; Thomas B, Elliot, George G. Downing, of Kineo, No. 

14 



210 HISTORY OF 

64 ; Edgar McAUaster, of Keazer Valley, No. 66 ; George W. 
Simonton, James A. Conley, Charles L. Jack, of Beacon, No. 67 ; 
George E. Allen, of Friendship, No. 69. 

On motion of brother J. E. Haseltine, P. G. M. 

Voted, That the R. W. Grand Warden confer the Grand Lodge degree in the 
ante-room upon all duly accredited Representatives who appear. 

The Grand Master then read his annual report. He stated that 
he had granted dispensations for, and the following Lodges had 
been instituted : Ivy Lodge, No. 3, D. of R., Portland ; Beacon 
Lodge, No. 67, Portland ; Fairfield Lodge, No. 68, Fairfield ; 
Friendship Lodge, No. 69, Springvale. 

He had made the following decision : 

" That the law of the Grand Lodge of U. S., at its last session, requiring every 
member of a Lodge or Encampment, present at a meeting, to vote on all ques- 
tions coming before said Lodge or Fncampment, unless excused," is not to be so 
construed as to relate to the election of officers. 

He called attention to the fact that a large number of citizens of 
the towns of Elliot and Kittery had been initiated, by permission, 
in Portsmouth, N. H., and suggested that some action be taken 
which might result in the formation of a Lodge in one of the towns 
named. He stated that Laconia Lodge, No. 44, having met with 
a heavy loss by fire, he had granted them permission to apply to 
their more fortunate sister Lodges for aid, and recommended that 
their dues for the term ending June 30th, be remitted and that the 
Grand Secretary be instructed to furnish them with the usual num- 
ber of Charge and Degree Books free of charge. 

He recommended that the Grand Lodge or Grand Master employ 
a Grand Lecturer, and cause him to visit each Lodge in the State 
once a year and impart the work to it. He recommended that the 
actual traveling expenses of the District Deputies be paid by the 
Grand Lodge, not only for the future, but for the past year. 

He suggested that there should be some local legislation in re- 
gard to Rebekah Degree Lodges. 

He recommended that the Grand Representatives be instructed 
to urge the adoption of the one year term, instead of the present 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 211 

term of six months. He also recommended, that in case this 
change is not made by the Grand Lodge of the United States, that 
this Grand Lodge, either by resolution or in some other manner 
give the subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction the right to re-elect 
their officers, if they choose so to do. 

Brother J. E. Haseltine, P. G. M., offered the following resolu- 
tion, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master be authorized to employ some compe- 
tent brother or brothers to visit such Lodges as he may deem advisable, to in- 
struct them in the unwritten work of the Order, and to make such efforts to revive 
defunct Lodges as in their judgment will be for the best interests of the Order. 
And that the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose. 

Charters were granted to Keazer Valley Lodge, No. 66 : Bea- 
con Lodge, No. 67 ; Fairfield Lodge, No. 68 ; Friendship Lodge, 
No. 69 ; and Ivy Lodge, No. 3, D. of R. 

The decision of the Grand Master, was approved. The permiss- 
ion granted to citizens of Elliot and Kittery to become initiated 
into Lodges in Portsmouth, N. H., was revoked. The recommen- 
dation of the Grand Master in relation to remitting the dues of 
Laconia Lodge, No. 44, and furnishing them with Charge and De- 
gree Books free of charge, was adopted. 

The recommendation in relation to the extension of the term of 
officers in subordinate Lodges from six to twelve months was 
adopted. 

The Finance committee reported amount in Treasury, $2,532.- 
82. 

The following Grand Officers were then elected and installed : 
George A. Callahan, Grand Master ; 0. B. Whitten, Deputy 
Grand Master ; F. M. Laughton, Grand Warden ; N. G. Cum- 
mings, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; Charles 
H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Representa- 
tive. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 
William F. Garcelon, Grand Marshal ; Joseph H. Knox, Grand 
Inside Guardian. 



212 HISTORY OF 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, R. M. Stevens ; No. 2, 0. B. Whitten, (ex- 
off.) ; No. 3, Micajah Gleason ; No. 4, N. S. Morse ; No. 5, G. A. 
Callahan, (ex-off.) ; No. 6, J. IL Knox; No. 7, S. G. Hill ; No. 
8, F. M. Laughton, (ex-off.). 

The special committee in relation to payment of District Deputy 
Grand Masters, reported that the recommendation of the Grand 
Master is eminently proper and should be adopted. 

Report adopted. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to H o'clock, P. M. 



li o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The Finance committee in their report recommended that the 
fiscal and statistical year be changed from July 1st and June 30th, 
to January 1st and December 31st. 

Adopted. 

The committee on the State of the Order reported, and the 
Grand Lodge adopted the report, that u a subordinate Lodge has 
the right to appoint a special committee to receive the books and 
papers belonging to it, to ascertain the financial condition of the 
Lodge." 

Brother C. R. Goodell, offered the following resolution which 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That after the passage of this resolution, the Grand Master of this 
Grand Lodge, and his Deputies, shall be ineligible for office in subordinate 
Lodges while holding said positions. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Lodges for the year ending June 30, 1872, 26; initiated, 493 ; 
admitted by card, 16 ; reinstated, 13; withdrawn by card, 59 ; suspended, 
64; rejected, 64; brothers relieved, 170; widowed families relieved, 17; 
brothers buried, 19; paid for relief of brothers, $6,610.73; paid for relief 
of widowed families, $493.14; paid for education of orphans, $130.82; 
paid for burying the dead, 1641.25; total relief, $8,066.67; amount of 
receipts, $19,546.58 ; invested funds, $66,377.35 ; contributing members, 
3,169. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 213 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

The report of the Grand Representatives showed the following decisions as 
having been made by the Grand Sire : 

i. In case where a State law provides that when a vote shall have been taken 
on all the forms of punishment without result in favor of either, the Noble Grand 
shall commence again with the highest order of punishment, and if need be go 
through again, and so continue until some order of punishment be affixed. I 
have ruled that such law being in conflict with the law of the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, which expressly provides otherwise, is if no force and effect, and 
that a vote of the Lodge refusing to affix a penalty of expulsion is final, subject 
only to appeal. 

2. The Grand Lodge of the United States has not said how many black balls 
shall reject a candidate except so far as applies to subordinate Lodges under its 
immediate jurisdiction — that says three black balls rejects, &c. Digest, Sees., 127 
138. 

3. There is no law compelling a Lodge to give a brother his degrees, no mat- 
ter how good he may stand on the books of the Lodge ; he must go through the 
ballot box, be balloted for, and it is for the votes to decide whether he shall ad- 
vance or not, and no one under our present system can question their right to 
reject or refuse to confer the degrees upon any brother. 

4. When an application is made for membership, it becomes at once the prop- 
erty of the Lodge. As to withdrawing an application, the word may is made use. 
of (Digest, Sec. 1130) to show that the Lodge has control over the matter, and 
having control may refuse to allow the application to be withdrawn. The parties 
who present the application may and indeed are, the proper persons to ask for 
the withdrawal of an application for membership. They make their wish known 
to the Lodge, officially, before the report of the committee is presented, and the 
permission to withdraw the application is granted by a vote of the Lodge ; of 
course any one can object. 

5. The laws of the Order contemplate the payment of benefits to all members 
in good standing, (Digest, Sees., 152, 154) ; but said laws also leave it with State 
authorities, or if they do not act, with subordinates, to prescribe when the bene- 
fits, are to be given. For instance, a State Grand Body may say that no brother 
shall be entitled to receive benefits until he shall have attained the Scarlet De- 
gree ; and it may say too, that card members shall not be entitled to benefits un- 
til they shall have been members for six months or more after depositing ; or a 
State Grand Body may enact a law to the effect that card members shall be entit - 
led to benefits at once, and that initiates shall be entitled to benefits from the 
night of initiation. 

6. When State Grand Officers grant cards under the general law, the brother 
receiving the card is entitled to the A. T. P. W., and a Noble Grand must com- 
municate the same to the brother on his presenting a certificate from the Grand 
Secretary who issued the same, requesting the word to be given. 

7. Application should be made to the Grand Lodge of the United States, or 



214 HISTORY OF 

to the officers of that R. W. Body, for a warrant or dispensation to open a Lodge 
in the Territory of Utah, or in any State or Territory, where there is no Grand 
Lodge, notwithstanding existing Lodges in said State or Territory may be un- 
der the temporary supervision of a neighboring or contiguous jurisdiction, as is 
the case with Utah. 

8. As the law of the Grand Lodge of the United States, (Digest, 1,336, 1,337,) 
says, "That to be in possession of the Degree of Rebekah is a necessary quali- 
fication for office in all Lodges which have received it," all the elective officers 
must be in possession of it 

9. Any brother of the Order suspended indefinately for cause, no matter when, 
should, under the existing law, (Digest, Sees., 1,782, 1,783,) be at once restored to 
membership. 

10. A subordinate Lodge does not relinquish its prerogative (an inherent 
right) to confer the degrees on its own members. Either of the five degrees, or 
the Degree of Rebekah, by agreeing that a Degree Lodge shall be instituted, 
(Digest 513.) 

12. No subordinate Lodge can reinstate an expelled member of its own mo- 
tion. The consent of the Grand Lodge to which the Lodge is subordinate, or of 
the Grand Master, by its authority, is absolutely necessary to authorize the res- 
toration. (Digest, 861.). 

13. If there is no local law prescribing what vote is necessary to re-instate an 
expelled member, with the consent of the Grand Lodge, the same vote which ex- 
pelled from, ought to be had to restore to membership. 

14. It requires ten (10) members to form or make a quorum in a regular Re- 
bekah Degree Lodge. (Digest, clause, 509, Sec. 4). 

15. On an appeal to me from the decision of the Grand Master of Massachu- 
setts, who, in view of the existence of a clause in the by-laws of Oriental Lodge, 
No. 10, of that jurisdiction, as follows : " If a brother dies within less than seven 
days after being taken sick, the sick benefit for one week shall be added to the 
funeral benefit," decided that the whole intent and purpose of the clause referred 
to was to meet just such cases — that is, sudden death, and that the one week's ben- 
efit should be added to the funeral benefit. I concurred in the opinion of the 
Grand Master, and so ruled. 

The Grand Sire also reported the following answers, given by him to, inquiries : 

In answer to a question by the Grand Lodge of Michigan, I said, I am of the 
opinion that the certificate presented to the Grand Lodge of Michigan by brother 
George Laidley, the duly authenicated representative to the said Grand Lodge 
from Saginaw Lodge, No. 42, setting forth that he, (brother Laidley) is entitled to 
the Past Official Degrees, said certificate being under the seal of Vermillion 
Lodge, No. 8, belong ing to the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, 
and attested by the officers of said Lodge, is stifficient evidence under the general 
law, of the fact that said brother Laidley has passed the chairs in a subordinate 
Lodge, and is. entitled to receive the Past Official and Grand Lodge Degrees. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 215 

In reply to an inquiry from the Grand Master of Missouri, substantially as 
follow? : " What is the status of members of a suspended subordinate, from 
any cause, (who at the time af such suspension were in good standing,) upon the 
restoration of its charter and its resumption of work ? I decided that all the 
members of Chilicothe Lodge who were in good standing at the time the Lodge 
ceased to work, or when it became suspended, are entitled to readmission upon 
payment of the proper dues chargeable, if no special cause otherwise exists, o* 
which the Lodge is to be the proper judge ; and that the proper dues are the 
amount, if any, appearing on the books at the time of surrender of charter, or 
ceasing to work, and such other dues as may have accrued since the member's 
knowledge of restoration. 

The Judiciary Committee, to whom the decisions of the Grand Sire were refer- 
red in their report, approved the decisions, numbered i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 12, 
and that No. 13, should be referred to the Legislative committee. 

And No. 14, the committee were of opinion, is decided correctly, and should 
have been referred to the Committee on Appeals, if referred to any committee. 

The report was recommitted, with instructions to report on decisions, Nos. 
13 and 14. 

The committee again reported, approved of decision No. 13. The report was 
adopted. 

[For report of the committee on the other decisions, see proceedings of the 
session 1873]. 

PROPERTY OF DEFUNCT LODGES. 

It was decided that the funds and property of defunct Lodges and Encamp- 
ments may, at the option of the body holding the same, be used for the purpose 
of assisting working Lodges and Encampments, when in need of funds to sustain 
them in their organization, or they may be applied for the assistance of the wid- 
ows and orphans of such defunct bodies or to any relief fund which may exist in 
such Grand jurisdiction; provided, That where a fund is held on a specifie trust, 
and when such subordinate becomes defunct, the Grand Body shall see that such, 
trust is duly executed and the trust fund applied to the purposes for which the 
fund was created. 

COMBINED REGALIA FOR P. G. AND P. C. P. 

The Regalia for a Past Grand, who is also a Past Chief Patriarch, may, in lieu 
of any regalia to which he may be entitled, be a scarlet collar, trimmed with white, 
the collar not to be more than five and a half inches wide, with a roll of purple 
two inches wide trimmed with yellow, the collar to be united in front with three 
links. The above described regalia may be worn by a brother who has passed 
the chairs in a Lodge and in an Encampment in any Grand or Subordinate Lodge 
or any Grand or Subordinate Encampment. The collar may be of scarlet velvet, 
with white metal trimmings, and the roll of purple velvet with yellow metal trim- 
mings. 

STATUS OF MEMBERS OF DEFUNCT LODGES. 

The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the decision of the M. W. 



216 HISTORY OP 

Grand Sire upon the question propounded by the Grand Master of Missouri, viz: 
"What is the status of members of a suspended subordinate for any cause (who 
at the time of such suspension, were in good standing,) upon the restoration of 
its charter and its resumption of work ? " would report that they approve of said 
decision. But desiring to make the same more specific, would say, when the dis- 
abilities are removed for which a subordinate Lodge is suspended, and said Lodge 
resumes the exercise of its various functions, the officers and members occupy 
the same status they did before the suspension. But when a defunct Lodge has 
been resuscitated on the application of only a part of its members, those mem- 
bers making the application only are restored at once, and the other members 
who were in good standing may resume membership upon such terms as the local 
laws'of the jurisdiction may prescribe. 
Adopted. 

DEGREE OF REBEKAH. 

It is hereafter to be understood that the law which requires officers of Subord- 
inate Lodges to be in possession of the Degree of Rebekah, as a qualification 
for office, refers to elective and not appointed officers. 

GRAND LODGE OPENING IN FIFTH DEGREE. 

A request to allow Grand Lodges at their option to open in the fifth degree was 
refused, and it was declared that State Grand Lodges can only open in said fifth 
degree during installation of Grand Officers. 

EXEMPTION. 
The following was adopted : 

Resolved, That it is not lawful to pass a local law whereby a Subordinate Lodge 
or Encampment may receive a fixed sum as dues, and, as a consideration there- 
for, relieve the member so paying from further obligation to be charged with dues 
during his membership. 

AGE. 

It is declared, that " it is not competent for either a Grand or Subordinate 
Lodge to enact a by-law restricting membership to persons not over a certain 
age. The Grand Lodge of the United States, having decided by her constitution 
the necessary qualifications for membership, Grand or Subordinate Lodges can- 
not change them. To add an additional limitation or qualification as to age would 
be to legislate upon a subject which a Subordinate Lodge cannot touch." 

• The following Jewels were adopted : 

Supporters of N. G. — Wand with crossed Gavels. Supporters 
of V. G. — Wand with Hour Glass. S. Supporters — Wand with 
Torch. All to be of white metal. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the proper officers of such State Grand Bodies as authorize the 
issue of Grand Lodge or Grand Encampment certificates to members of extinct 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 217 

subordinates of such jurisdictions, be and hereby are requested to communicate 
the A, T. P. W., or authorize it to be done, to those receiving such certificate ac- 
cording to law, in order that they may avail themselves of the privilege to visit, 
as accorded by section 425 of Digest. 

It was decided that the ballot-box must be placed in the centre 
of the room, and be under the supervision of the N. G. 



TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Skowhegan, August 12, 1873. 

Officers present — G. A. Callahan, Grand Master ; 0. B. Whit- 
ten, Deputy Grand Master ; F. M. Laughton, Grand Warden ; 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treas- 
urer ; 0. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Rep- 
resentative ; W. F. Garcelon, Grand Marshal ; J. H. Knox, Grand 
Guardian. 

The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

Albert F. Berry, George T. Means, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
Daniel W. Loveitt, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Henry P. Cox, 
of Ligonia, No. 5 ; J. H. Eldridge, of Penobscot, No. 7 ; 0. W. 
Walker, of Saccarappa, No. 11 ; Charles D. Durgin, Charles E. 
Dodge, of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; Byron Kimball, of Cumberland, 
No. 30 ; James Colby, B. M. Hight, S. M. Sawyer, of Carrabas- 
set, No. 31 ; Ephraim Loveitt, of Union, No. 35 ; Samuel V. 
Spear, of Lemon Stream, No. 55 ; George A. Drew, of Manufac- 
turers and Mechanics, No. 62 ; G. W. Pratt, of Kineo, No. 61 ; 
Abner Shepherd, of Plymouth, No. Q5 ; David Coffin, of Keazer 
Valley, No. 66 ; II. B. White, of Fairfield, No. 68 ; Gilbert G. 
Littlefield, George W. Gowen, of Friendship, No. 69. 

On motion of brother J. N. Read, P. G., 

Voted, That the R. W. Grand Warden confer the Grand Lodge Degree in the 
ante-room, upon all duly accredited Representatives who may appear. 

The Grand Master then read his annual report. He stated that 
Franklin Lodge, No. 58, had been re-instituted. This Lodge had 
done no work for twelve years. 



218 HISTORY OF 

He had instituted Asylum Lodge, No. 70, at Augusta, and 
Arambec Lodge, No. 71, at Wiscasset, and recommended that 
charters be granted each of them. 

He also stated that two Rebekah Degree Lodges had been in- 
stituted the past year, — one at Lovell, and one at Bridgton, and 
recommended that charters be granted. He called attention to 
some irregularities in connection with several of the Degree of Rebe- 
kah Lodges, and recommended the appointment of a committee to 
reduce the R. D. to something like law and uniformity, and also 
the passage of a healing act, to cover past misdeeds. 

He called attention to the peculiar situation of the former mem- 
bers of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6. The Lodge having been expelled, 
there seemed to be no provision for the re-admission to the Order 
of those who were not guilty of any illegal act in connection with 
breaking up the Lodge, many of whom desire to again unite them- 
selves with the Order. 

Ho recommended the rescinding the action of the Grand Lodge 
in expelling Sabattis Lodge from the Order, which in his opinion 
would settle the matter. Then Sabattis Lodge would simply be a 
defunct Lodge, and its former members could then pursue the 
usual course adopted by members of defunct Lodges to regain 
membership. 

He stated that, in accordance with the action of the Grand 
Lodge, at the last session, he had appointed Joseph K. Merrill, P. 
G. R., Grand Instructor. Brother Merrill visited a number of 
Lodges and imparted the secret work. But unfortunately for him 
and the Order, he was taken seriously ill after his visit to Brown- 
field, in January, and has been unable to perform the duties of his 
office since. 

He recommended that the time of holding the annual session of 
the Grand Lodge be changed to one of the Spring months. 

He suggested that a committee be appointed to re-arrange the 
Districts. 

He called attention to the necessity of revising the constitution 
of Subordinate Lodges. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 219 

He recommended the appointment of a committee of one or 
more to write the history of the Order in this State, and that the 
work be commenced at once. 

He stated that he had received a petition, signed by nine mem- 
bers of the Order, residing at Kittery, asking for a Lodge to be 
instituted under the name of " Riverside Lodge." He recom- 
mended that a charter be granted them. 

The Grand Instructor submitted his report, giving an account of 
his official visits. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to an election of officers for 
the ensuing year, which resulted as follows : 

0. B. Whitten, Grand Master ; F. M. Laughton, Deputy Grand 
Master ; W. F. Garcelon, Grand Warden ; Joshua Davis, Grand 
Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; C. H. Blake, Grand 
Chaplain ; John B. Nealley, Grand Representative. 

Brother J. B. Nealley, P. G. M., moved that a committee con- 
sisting of E. P. Banks, P. G. M., Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., P. G. M., 
and N. G. Cummings, P. G. M., be appointed to prepare a history 
of the Order in this State, and that it be printed in the proceedings. 

The motion was adopted. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 1J o'clock, P. M. 



li o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The committee on the State of the Order in their report, rec- 
ommended the adoption of the following resolutions : 

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge do hereby rescind the vote expelling Sa- 
battis Lodge from the Order. 

Resolved, That Sabattis Lodge be declared defunct, and its charter and prop- 
erty forfeited to the Grand Lodge. Adopted. 

The office of Grand Lecturer was abolished. 

Brother H. G. Wyman, P. G., offered the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the Grand Master be authorized to draw his warrant on the 



220 HISTORY OF 

Grand Treasurer, for two hundred dollars, to be paid to Carrabasset Lodge, No. 
34, for the liquidation of expenses in the law suit brought to recover their hall. 

The resolution was referred to a special committee, who reported 
in favor of the adoption of the resolution, and it was so ordered. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master then announced the following appointments, 
which were confirmed by the Grand Lodge : 

Charles H. Rich, Grand Marshal; Israel Hicks, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, E. P. Parcher ; No. 2, 0. B. Whitten, (ex-off.) ; 
No, 3, B. C. Stone ; No. 4, W. E. Hogan ; No. 5, W. F. Garce- 
lon, (ex-off.) ; No. 6, H. G. Wyman ; No. 7, S. G. Hills ; No. 8, 
F. M. Laughton, (ex-off.) 

The revised constitution reported at the last session by the 
special committee for that purpose was taken from the table. 
Several amendments were offered, and it was again laid on the 
table. 

Charters were voted to Asylum Lodge, No. 70, and Arambec 
Ladge, No. 71 ; also the petition for the institution of a Lodge at 
Kittery, was granted, and a charter was ordered to be issued to 
them. 

The committee on Rebekah Degree Lodges in their report, rec- 
ommended that charters issue to Fidelity Lodge, No. 4, at Lewis- 
ton, and Ivy Lodge, No. 5, at Portland, they having paid the 
charter fee, and that Naomi, No. 1, at Saccarappa, Esther, No. 3, 
at Biddeford, shall be entitled to charters on payment of fifteen 
dollars, and the Lodge at Saco shall be No. 2 ; at Lovell, No. 6 ; 
at Bridgton, No. 7, and unless these Lodges shall receive charters 
if they proceed legally to obtain the same before January 1, 1874, 
but if they do not do so their present dispensations shall be re- 
turned to the Grand Master. Adopted. 

The Finance committee reported the total assets of the Grand 
Lodge to be as follows : 



OLD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 221 

City of Portland registered bonds, .... $2000.00 

Cash deposited in Maine Savings Bank, .... 958.79 

Cash in hands of Grand Treasurer, --,.-" 2 5943 

Total, - $3,218.22 

Brother Geo. A. Callahan, P. G. M. ? offered the following reso- 
lution, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, be appropriated for defraying the expenses of reviving defunct Lodges 
and instituting new ones. 

The committee on the State of the Order, on the subject of re- 
districting the State, reported legislation inexpedient. Adopted. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 8 o'clock,' P. M. 



8 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved. That members who have been suspended for non-payment of dues in 
Lodges that afterward became defunct, be re-instated upon the payment of one 
dollar for a State Card. 

On motion of W. E. Pressey, P. G., 

Voted, To instruct the R. W. Grand Representatives to oppose the extension 
of the term of officers in Subordinate Lodges. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

condition of the order. 

For six months, ending December 31, 1872, number of Lodges, 26 ; ini- 
tiated, 317 ; admitted by card, 11 ; re instated, 8 ; withdrawn by card, 13 ; 
suspended, 38; rejected, 44; brothers relieved, 115 ; widowed families re- 
lieved, 17; brothers buried, 13; paid for relief of brothers, $3,707.00; 
paid for relief of widowed families, $263.66 ; burying the dead, $369.00 ; 
total relief, $4,339.66; amount of receipts, $12,873.87 ; invested funds, 
$77,563.83; contributing members, 3,503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

Grand Representative's report. 

The report of the Grand Representatives shows the following 



222 HISTORY OF 



STATISTICS OF OUR ORDER. 











Increase. 


Lodges, 




187 1, 


4,292 




a 




1872, 


5-045 


753 


Initiations, 




1871, 


49.257 




« 




1872, 


59,270 


9,993 


Revenue of G. Lodge and G. Encamp't, 


1871, 


$3>3 IO > 00 9-53 




" 


tt .< 


1872, 


4,291,071.12 


$981,061.59 


Relief 


« << 


1871, 


1,092,095.42 




<( 


« K 


1872, 


1,503,471.40 


l4ii,375-98 


Members, 




1871, 


327,877 




•' 




1872, 


385.097 


57,220 




DECISIONS. 







1st. Do officers who were first elected at a special session of a Grand Encamp- 
ment for the purpose of institution and installation of officers, on the first day of 
July last, (1872), hold their positions until the first regular session, (October, 
1872), or until some future session. 

Answer. The official term of Grand Officers is twelve months, and they must 
serve for a major period of the term, or they are not entitled to the past honors. 
In the case referred to, the officers have served only a little over three months ; 
they must, therefore, continue service until the next regular session of the Grand 
Encampment. (See Digest, 1288.) 

2d. This is a case of much interest, which will probably come before you in 
the form of an appeal from the action of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. The 
point decided by me was as to the status of brother JohnM. Alvord, in his Lodge 
during the pendency of the appeal, my 

Answer, being declaritory of the general principle that a member, in his status 
remains where he is left by the legal action of his Lodge, until the highest tribu- 
nal of appeal resorted to, shall have rendered its decision. 

3d. The general principle involved in this decision is analogous to the preced- 
ing. A Subordinate Lodge refuses a member benefits. The Grand Lodge of 
the State reverses the decision, and an appeal is taken by the subordinate to the 
Grand Lodge of the United States. To the question, " must the Lodge pay the 
dues ? " I gave as 

Answer, That the decision "of the Lodge" must [stand until reversed by the 
highest tribunal of appeal, and it cannot be forced, therefore, to pay the dues, 
until the case is finally decided against the subordinate. 

4th. The constitution of a State Grand Body can only be amended in the man- 
ner prescribed by the constitution itself. 

5th. Neither a Grand Lodge" or any body subordinate to the Grand Lodge of 
the United States, can change the term of officers. 

These two latter inquiries came from the State of Wisconsin. 

6th. This is the question referred to in my remarks on the powers of Grand 
Bodies in relation to contiguous subordinates. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 223 

7th. The law requiring that officers shall wear jewels, it is not a compliance 
therewith lo have them "wrought'' in the regalia. 

ACTION UPON DECISIONS. 

The 1st, 2d, 4".b, 51'ii, 6i.I1, and 7th decisions were approved. The 3d was re- 
versed. 

On motion of Rep. Nealley, of Maine, the following resolution 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That any Grand Lodge or Grand Encampment may regulate the 
matter of the numbers of extinct Subordinate Lodges or Encampments in their 
respective jurisdictions that have been extinct more than twenty yeuis, and any 
law that conflicts with this resolution is hereby repealed. 

ACTION UPON DECI3IOKS OF THE GRAND SIRE AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF 1871. 

The Judiciary Committee in their report in relation to the decisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5,7,9, 12, 14, 15, and answers to interrogatories numbered 2,3, 5, and 6, by 
M. W. Grand Sire Stuart, recommended the approval of the decisions numbered 
2 > 3> 5> 7> 9> l2 > H an d I 5. an d the answers to the inquiries numbered 2, 3, 5 and 
6. 

The committee did not recommend the approval of decision No. 1, as in their 
judgment it was not in accordance with the latest utterance of the Grand Lodge 
upon the subject. In 1868 the Grand Lodge adopted the report of the Legisla- 
tive committee, to whom the subject had been referred, " that the subject has al- 
ways been regulated by the several State Grand Bodies, and requires no legisla- 
tion by this R. W. Grand Lodge." 

As 10 No. 4, the committee recommended that it be modified as follows : An ap- 
plication for membership maybe withdrawn without the permission of the Lodge 
before the report of the committee thereon is read to the Lodge, but not after- 
wards. 

The report of the committee was adopted. 



SPECIAL SESSION. 

Portland, June 2, 1874. 
The R. W. Grand Lodge assembled pursuant to a call of the 
Most Worthy Grand Master. 

Officers present— 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master ; F. M. Laugh- 
ton, Deputy Grand Master ; W. F. Garcelon, Grand Warden ; 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; 
C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Represent- 
ative ; C. H. Rich, Grand Marshal ; Israel Hicks, Grand Inside 
Guardian. 



224 HTSTORY OF 

The call for the Special Session was read, from which it ap- 
peared that the Grand Lodge was to act on the following business, 
viz. : 

" To take into consideration the expediency of having a State 
celebration, in the city of Portland, at or about the time of the 
Annual Session of the R. W. Grand Lodge, August 11, 1874." 

After considering the matter, it was resolved that it was exped- 
ient to have a State celebration in the city of Portland, on the 25th 
of August, 1874, and it was ordered that a committee of nine be 
appointed, of which the Grand Master should be chairman, and 
the Grand Secretary a member, to make the necessary arrange- 
ments. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned. 



THIRTIETH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1874. 

Officers present — 0. B. Whitten, Grand Master ; F. M. Laugh- 
ton, Deputy Grand Master ; W. F. Garcelon, Grand Warden ; 
Joshna Davis, Grand Secretary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; 
C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Represen- 
tative ; J. B. Nealley, Grand Representative ; C. H. Rich, Grand 
Marshal ; Israel Hicks, Grand Inside Guardian. 

The following Past Grands were admitted to the Grand Lodge 
Degree : 

John M. Peck, George A. Harmon, S. P. Getchell, Wm. F. 
Todd, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; C. H. Berry, C. P. Rhodes, G.L. 
Walworth, Geo. S. Goodwin, of Saco, No. 2 ; Wyer Green, J. F. 
Liscomb, John M. Brown, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4 ; Wm. K. 
Neal, Frederick Bucknam, I. F. Clark, R. Williams, of Ligonia, 
No. 5, Bernhard Pol, Edwin F. Shaw, of Penobscot, No. 7 ; Wm. 
E. Hogan, of Lincoln, No. 10 ; C. E. Hodgkins, A. P. Ayer, of 
Saccarappa, No. 11 ; John Read, C. F. Dunlap, James Dingley, 
J. M. Cook, of Androscoggin, No. 24 ; E. W. Morton, A. W. 
Mendum, of Mousam, No. 26 ; H. N. Lowell, Theodore Fitzgerald, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 225 

of Olive Branch, No. 28 ; H. A. Shorey, of Cumberland, No. 30 ; 
Joshua Nye, of Samaritan, No. 39 ; G. N. Weymouth, B. F. Ham- 
ilton, Geo. F. Whitten, C. A. Moody, of Laconia, No. 44 ; Thomas 
Seavey, of Pequawket, No. 46 ; A. II. S. Davis, of Franklin, No. 
58 ; Scott Dunbar, of Oriental, No. 60 ; Hiram Snow, F. A. Co- 
nant, of Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 62 ; N. F. Roberts, 
of Plymouth, No. 65 ; A. N. French, of Keazer Valley, No. 66 ; 
A. W. Coombs, J. M. Strout, J. H. Wentworth, F. H. Gushing, of 
Beacon, No. 67; Randall Andrews, of Fairfield, No. 68; Wm. 
Smythe, Ivory Brooks, of Friendship, No. 69 ; J. W. Toward, of 
Asylum, No. 70 ; Joseph Wood, of Arambec, No. 71 ; Charles 
Chickering, George Manent, of Riverside, No. 72 ; S. W. Cook, 
of Golden Rule, No. 73. 

Voted, That the R. W. Grand Warden confer the Grand Lodge Degree in the 
ante -room upon all duly accredited Representatives who may appear. 

The Grand Master read his report. He congratulated the 
Grand Lodge " on the marked success and interest that has at- 
tended our Order." 

He had instituted the following new Lodges, one by charter 
granted at the last session, and eight by dispensations, viz. : 

Riverside Lodge, No. 72, at Kittery ; Golden Rule Lodge, No. 
73, at Lewiston ; Mount Abram Lodge, No. 31, at Bethel ; Sa- 
maritan Lodge, No. 39, at Waterville, revived ; Granite Lodge, 
No. 14, at Biddeford ; Sabattus River Lodge, No. 21, at Lisbon 
Falls ; Gardiner Lodge, No. 9, at Gardiner ; Norway Lodge, No. 
16, at Norway ; Mount Mica Lodge, No. 17, at Paris. 

He had made the following decisions : 

i st. The Past Grand's charge can be given only by a P. G., or N. G. 

2d. The question has been asked, how many black balls it requires to reject a 
candidate for the degrees. I answered that in the absence of any law of this R. 
W. Grand Body in relation to it, the matter is left to the subordinates to decide. 
This is a matter, perhaps, of some importance to this Grand Lodge, and I am 
not sure but it would be advisible to legislate upon it, so that each Lodge may be 
governed by the same law, and thus establish uniformity in balloting for degrees. 
This Grand Lodge has decided how many black balls it requires to reject a can- 
didate for membership, but makes no provision for electing for the degrees. I 

15 



226 HISTORY OF 

would recommend that the matter be referred to the committee on the State of 
the Order. 

3d. When the Investigating Committee report, it is the duty of the Lodge to 
proceed to ballot immediately. 

4th. The N. G. of a Rebekah Degree Lodge must be a P. G. in good standing 
in his Lodge. 

5th. The Degree of Rebekah can be conferred at a special meeting, appointed 
by a Subordinate Lodge, on a Scarlet Degree member in good standing, belong- 
ing in another jurisdiction. As it is but a side or honorary degree, no brother is 
obliged to receive it, or if he desires the degree he is not required to give notice 
to the Lodge to which he belongs, but if he should be present at a meeting when 
the degree is to be conferred, whether it be of his own or any other Lodge, he 
may receive it. This ruling applies only to those Subordinate Lodges that con- 
fer the degree at a special meeting called for the purpose of conferring the de- 
gree. Rebekah Degree Lodges can confer the Rebekah Degree only on such 
Scarlet Degree members, and their wives as present a certificate from a Lodge 
located in the district designated in the charter of such Degree Lodge. 

6th. A. D. D. Grand Master can not deputize any one to publicly install the 
officers of a Lodge ; for a public installation must be conducted by a Grand Officer 
or D. D. Grand Master. 

7th. The N. G. has a right to vote when the Lodge is voting on a proposition 
for membership. 

8th. Is a brother entitled to the P. W., who has not paid his dues for one 
term ? I answered that, when a brother is not entitled to benefits on account of 
his being in arrears, he is not entitled to the P. W. There seems to be various 
opinions in regard to this question, and it has been brought to my notice several 
times. I have always decided as above, on the ground that when a member is in 
arrears, he is not in good standing, consequently he is not entitled to the P. W., 
but others argue that the Lodges allow them from six to eleven months in which 
to pay their dues, and claim their right to the P. W. until the expiration of that 
time. 

9th. The question of eligibility to membership by initiation of persons who 
have lost a limb, is left to the disposal of the Subordinate Lodge to which admis- 
sion is asked. 

loth. A dismissal certificate may be received upon deposit in any Lodge. 

The Grand Master recommended that the Grand Lodge appoint 
a representative to write the history of the Order in this State, 
and that an appropriation be made to amply recompense him for 
his time and labor while in the discharge of this very important 
duty. 

He called attention to the very unsatisfactory condition of the 






ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 227 

Rebekah Degree Lodges in this jurisdiction, and recommended 
that a constitution for their government be prepared, and that a per 
capita term tax may be exacted. 

He alluded to the amendment presented at the session of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, by Rep. Porter, of California, 
in relation to mergement, and recommended that the Grand Rep- 
resentatives from this Grand Lodge use their influence and efforts 
to prevent, by all honorable means, the adoption of any measure 
that may lead to the mergement of the Encampment branch of the 
Order. 

There being some informality in the certificates presented by 
Daniel F. Tolford, P. G. ; of Maine Lodge, No. 1, and Thomas 
Laughlin, P. G., of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, the certificates were 
referred to the committee on the State of the Order, who in their 
report, stated that brother Tolford was admitted to Maine Lodge, 
No. 1, on a withdrawal card from Travelers Rest Lodge, No, 1, 
of Missouri, stating that he is a Past Grand. Maine Lodge cer- 
tifies that he was duly elected and installed Noble Grand of Trav- 
elers Rest Lodge, and completed the term for which he was elected, 
the evidence of the same being the withdrawal card of brother 
Tolford, from said Lodge. 

In the case of brother Laughlin, it appears that Ligonia Lodge 
state in their certificate that he is a Past Grand of said Lodge, and 
that he was admitted on a State card as Past Grand. The com- 
mittee gave as their opinion that each were entitled to membership 
in this Grand Lodge, and recommended that they be admitted. 
Adopted. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to nomination and election of 
Grand Officers, with the following result : 

F. M. Laughton, Grand Master; E. P. Parcher, Deputy Grand 
Master ; B. C. Stone, Grand Warden ; Joshua Davis, Grand Sec- 
retary ; S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; Geo. A. Callahan, Grand 
Representative. 

On recommendation of the committee on the State of the Order, 



228 HISTORY OF 

to whom the subject had been referred, the following resolution was 
adopted : 

Resolved, That in cases of indefinite suspension for the non-payment of dues, 
the matter of re-instatement shall be left to the discretion of the respective Su- 
bordinate Lodges in which suspension may take place. 

Charters were granted to the following Lodges : 

Golden Rule Lodge, No. 73, at Lewiston ; Mount Abram Lodge, 
No. 31, at Bethel ; Granite Lodge, No. 14, at Biddeford ; Sabat- 
tus River Lodge, No. 21, at Lisbon ; Gardiner Lodge, No. 9, at 
Gardiner ; Norway Lodge, No. 16, at Norway ; Mount Mica 
Lodge, No. 17, at South Paris. 

The restoration of the charter of Samaritan Lodge, No. 39, was 
confirmed. 

The Grand Master was empowered to appoint a State Annalist, 
and he appointed Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., to that position. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



afternoon session. 

2 o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The Finance committee in their report, stated that the assets of 
the Grand Lodge were 11,816.97. They recommended that in 
consideration of the arduous duties of the Grand Secretary the 
past year, the Grand Lodge donate him one hundred dollars, and 
that the salary for the ensuing year be two hundred dollars, and 
the salary of the Grand Treasurer be fifty dollars. Also that the 
recommendation of the Grand Master, that the money paid into 
the Treasury of the Grand Lodge by certain members of Nahtanis 
Lodge, who received the same on the division of the funds of said 
Lodge, and who are now members of Gardiner Lodge, No. 9, be 
donated to said Gardiner Lodge, be adopted. That the recom- 
mendation of the Grand Secretary to reduce the price of books to 
12.50 per copy, and cards to 25 cents each, be adopted. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 229 

That the resolution offered by brother R. Andrews, P. G., to re- 
fund thirty dollars to the petitioners of Samaritan Lodge, No. 9, 
be adopted. 

The report was adopted. 

The committee on the State of the Order recommended that a 
charter be granted to York Lodge, No. — , D. of R. at Kittery. 
Adopted. 

The same committee recommended that a charter be granted to 
Crescent Lodge, at North Lovell, and that the petitioners for a 
new Lodge at Lovell Centre, have leave to withdraw. Adopted. 

The special committees on Rebekah Degree Lodges, submitted 
the following resolutions : 

Resolved, That all the returns required of Subordinate Lodges, as stated in 
clause first and clause second, of Section second of Article IV, of the constitution 
of Subordinate Lodges, be, and the same are hereby made applicable to the Re- 
bekah Degree Lodges. 

W Resolved, That the same dues to the Grand Lodge as are paid by the Subordi- 
nate Lodges per term, shall be paid by the Rebekah Degree Lodges. 

The resolutions were indefinitely postponed. 

The committee on appeals reported on the appeal of brother 
Russell C. Plummer, from the action of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, 
in refusing to pay him benefits. Brother Plummer claimed that, 
as the quarter ends December 31st, the Secretary of the Lodge 
should have notified him before January 31st. The. Secretary 
says he did notify him of his arrears in the Lodge, that at the time 
he was taken sick in January, he owed three quarters, that he paid 
one quarter in January and two quarters in February, during his 
sickness. The committee stated that the action of Saccarappa 
Lodge was in accordance with their by-laws, and that brother 
Plummer was not entitled to benefits. Adopted. 

Brother W. H. Smith, P. G., offered the following resolution, 
which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the action of the M. W. Grand Master, in giving the numbers of 
defunct Lodges to new Lodges, be approved, and the M. W. Grand Master be 
requested not to grant new numbers to Lodges [until all defunct numbers are 
filled. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 7J o'clock, P. M. 



230 HISTORY OF 

EVENING SESSION. 

7i o'clock, p. m. 

Met pursuant to adjournment. 

The constitution, by-laws and rules of Order laid on the table at 
the last session, was taken from the table, and considered article 
by article, and section by section, and as amended, was adopted. 

The special committee on Rebekah Degree Lodges was dis- 
charged. 

Brother A. D. Smith, P. G., offered the following resolution, 
which was adopted : 

Resolved, That brothers N. G. Cummings, P. G. M., Alfred Woodman, P. G., 
and H. C. Barnes, P. G., be a committee, to present to this R. W. Grand Lodge, 
at its next annual session, a constitution for the government of Rebekah Degree 
Lodges in this jurisdiction. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

E. A. Buck, Grand Marshal ; J. W. Toward, Grand Conductor ; 

C. H. Blake, Grand Ghaplain ; H. P. Cox, Grand Guardian; E. 

McAllaster, Grand Herald. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, E. P. Parcher, (ex-off. ) ; No. 2, J. N. Read ; 
No. 8, B. C. Stone, (ex-off. ) ; No. 4, W. E. Hogan ; No. 5, Hiram 
Snow ; No. 6, H. B. Wyman ; No. 7, S. G. Hills ; No. 8, F. M. 
Laughton, '(ex-off. ) 

On motion of brother E. P. Burnham, P. G. M., 

Voted, That the M. W. Grand Master and the R. W. Grand Secretary, be em- 
powered to pay the State Annalist, such sum for his services as they deem proper. 

Brother Geo. A. Callahan, P. G. M., offered the following reso- 
lution, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, be appropriated for defraying the expenses of reviving defunct Lodges, 
and instituting new ones, and that the Grand Master be .authorized to employ 
such members of the Order as he may deem expedient for that purpose. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 
For the term ending Dec. 31, 1873. Initiated, 445 ; admitted by card, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 231 

64 ; re-instated, 14 ; withdrawn by card, 47 ; suspended, 54 ; expelled, 
5 ; rejected, 62 ; number of Past Grands, 534 ; contributing members, 
4,291. 

For the term ending June 30, 1874. Initiated, 663 ; admitted by card, 
102 ; re-instated, 14 ; withdrawn by card, 102 ; suspended, 37 ; expelled, 
3; deceased, 14; rejected, 89; number of Past G-rands, 569; contribu- 
ting members, 4,915. 

Relief for the year ending December 31 , 1873. Number of brothers re- 
lieved, 299 ; widowed families relieved, 23 ; brothers buried, 28 ; number 
of week's sickness for which benefits were paid, 2,176; amount paid for 
relief of brothers, $9,893.35; paid for relief of widowed families, $612.39; 
paid for burying the dead, $1,064.02; paid for education of orphans, 
$179.60 ; total amount paid for relief, $11,749.36 ; current expenses, sep- 
arate from benefits and charities, $11,172.25 ; amount of annual receipts, 
$36,049.64; invested funds, $93,218.48. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

Grand Representatives report. 

The report of the Grand Representatives opened by giving an account of the 
reception of the Grand Lodge of the United States at Atlanta, Georgia, stating 
that all classes of citizens of the place did all they could to make their stay 
pleasant. 

In the absence of Grand Sire Logan, D. G. Sire Durham presided. 
DECISIONS. 
^ The following decisions of the Deputy Grand Sire were approved : 

1. Representatives of Grand Encampments have a right to introduce into any 
Subordinate Encampment a brother whom the C. P. of said Encampment does 
not know to be in good standing in the Order, without said brother giving any 
pass-word whatever. 

2. Officers of a Degree Lodge cannot confer the Rebekah Degree upon mem- 
bers of the Scarlet Degree. It must be done in the Rebekah Degree Lodge. 

3. A brother holding an unexpired withdrawal card from his Lodge cannot be 
a competent petitioner for an Encampment. 

4. This was modified by the Grand Lodge to say that Odd Fellows may appear 
in regalia at the funeral of a Daughter of Rebeckah, if they first obtain permission 
so to do, from the proper Grand Officers of their jurisdiction. See Digest, § 
1622. 

5. A Lodge or Lodge committee on the trial of a brother under charges, can- 
not legally refuse admission to, or exclude from the room during such trial, any 
member of said Lodge who is in good standing, except as provided in the pro- 
ceedings of the G. L. of U. S. See 1872 journal, page 5563. 

6. A Past Grand who has been appointed by a D. D. G. M., to install officers is 
not entitled to the Grand Honors when he appears for that purpose. 



232 HISTORY OP 

7. A member of a Lodge is entitled to admission into his Lodge room, and to 
the S. A. P. W., and also to vote on all questions, unless he is dropped, sus- 
pended or expelled, provided there are no local laws of his Grand Lodge to the 
contrary. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

1. Resolved, That all spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors shall be excluded 
from the Lodge rooms and ante-rooms, or halls connected with or adjoining there- 
to, when under control of any Subordinate or Degree Lodge or Encampment of 
this Order. 

2. Resolved, That every provision in conflict with the aforesaid resolution, as 
well as all regulations respecting the use of edibles in Lodge rooms heretofore 
passed, be, and the same are hereby repealed. 

WHEN ONE IS A PAST GRAND. 

A Noble Grand never becomes a Past Grand until he is duly installed into the 
Past Grand's office — and all State Grand Bodies are authorized to cause to be 
conferred the Honorary Degree of Past Secretary on any Past Grand in good 
standing. 

VOTING. 

The R. W. Grand Lodge passed this resolution : 

Resolved, That every brother present in a Lodge room or Encampment, if qual- 
ified to vote, is obliged to vote on all questions, unless excused by the Lodge or 
Encampment, and no particular number of votes are necessary so long as there is 
a quorum present. 

ON OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES. 

Rep. Lindsey, of Wisconsin, from the special committee appointed last session 
on imposters, made the following report, which was adopted : 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of ike United States : 

Your committee, to whom was referred the resolutions of Rep. Lindsey, at the 
last session of this Grand Body, (found on page 2962, G. L. Journal, 1873,) have 
carefully considered the same, and submit the following report, and recommend 
the following for your adoption : 

Resolved, That a member of the Order in good standing, evidenced by holding 
an unexpired visiting card, issued in conformity to the laws of the Order by his 
Lodge or Encampment, and having the A. T. P. W., being in distress, or pre- 
tending so to be, and needing money, and who having asked for and received 
from a Lodge or Encampment, or a member thereof, a sum of money, under the 
assurance and promise that he will return or repay the same within a given time, 
or so soon as he returns home, but who shall neglect so to do after a reasonable 
time thereafter, without a satisfactory excuse being rendered, shall be deemed 
guilty of conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow; and due notice of such facts hav- 
ing been officially communicated to his Lodge by the Lodge or Encampment so 
loaning him the money, it shall be the duty of his Lodge to notify him of such in- 
debtedness or loan, and to demand payment thereof, and if he then refuse or neg- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 233 

lect to pay the same, his Lodge shall prefer charges against him, try him, and if 
found guilty, and without sufficient mitigating circumstances, to expel from the 
Order. If there be such mitigating circumstances, then to impose such penalty 
as the Lodge may deem best. 

Resolved, That the respective State Grand Lodges cause the foregoing resolu- 
tions to be embodied in their proceedings, and the attention of the Subordinate 
Lodges and Encampments especially called to it. 



THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 10, 1875. 

Officers present, — F. M. Laughton, Grand Master ; E. P. Par- 
cher, Deputy Grand Master ; B. C. Stone, Grand Warden ; Joshua 
Davis, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; 
J. B. Nealley, Grand Representative ; G. A. Callahan, Grand 
Representative ; Geo. T. Means, Grand Marshal, pro tern ; J. W. 
Toward, Grand. Conductor ; C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; H. P. 
Cox, Grand Guardian; E. McAllaster, Grand Herald. 

The following Past Grands were admitted and instructed in the 
Grand Lodge Degree : 

William B, Hodgkins, John Harper, of Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; 
James E. Finney, Horace Libby, of Saco, No. 2 ; Matthew Adams, 
Irving J. Brown, of Ancient Brothers, No. 4; Charles H. Fes- 
senden, William Weeks, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; Elbridge Soule, Frank 
Shepherd, A. N. Carr, J. M. Taylor, of Lincoln No. 10 ; N. P. 
Roberts, of Saccarappa, No. 11 ; Silas P. Adams, Willett Andrews, 
of Granite, No. 14 ; William J. Wheeler, of Mount Mica, No. 17 ; 
Charles M. Lander, of Abou Ben Adhem, No. 23 ; John M. Hall, 
of Androscoggin, No. 24 ; F. C. Simonds, Randall Grant, of Mou- 
sam, No. 26 ; C. A. Harvey, J. S. Clement, of Olive Branch, No. 
28 ; E. C. Chamberlin, L. G. Kimball, of Cumberland, No. 80 ; 
J. T. Chapman, of Mount Abram, No. 31 ; T. J. Murphy, of Un- 
ion, No. 35 ; George H. Esty, of Samaritan, No. 39 ; Alvin 
Reed, of Monami, No. 40 ; A. A. Beaton, of Star of Hope, No. 42 ; 
John Ham, B. G. Dame, Joseph H. Dearborn, of Laconia, No. 



234 HISTORY OF 

44 ; J. L. Prink, of Pequawket, No. 46 ; William H. Littlefield, 
of Eagle, No. 47 ; J. E. Nichols, of Marriners, No. 53 ; Alden 
J. Blethen, of Franklin, No. 58; J. J. Davis, E. J. Riker, of 
Manufacturers and Mechanics, No. 62 ; Ezra Roberts, of Ply- 
mouth, No. 65 ; J. N. Smith, of Keazer Valley, No. 66 ; John 
H. Russell, Franklin Yeaton, of Beacon, No. 67 ; B. R. Rack- 
liff, John R. Foss, of Fairfield, No. 68 ; A. K. L. Bedell, John 
W. Howe, of Friendship, No. 69 ; J. S. Hobbs, David Cargill, 
Mark Harden, of Asylum, No. 70 ; William W. Elmes, of Aram- 
bee, No. 71 ; George H. Hayes, Frank L. Berry, of Riverside, 
No. 72 ; S. 0. Wood, of Golden Rule, No. 73. 

Voted, That the R. W. Grand Warden confer the Grand Lodge Degree in the 
ante-room upon all duly accredited Past Grands who may appear. 

The Grand Master read his annual report. He stated that dur- 
ing his term of office he had instituted thirteen new Lodges, viz : 

Good Cheer, No. 37, Guilford ; Crescent, No. 25, North Lov- 
ell ; Monami, No. 40, Mechanic's Falls ; Star of Hope, No. 42, 
Vinal Haven ; Eagle, No. 47, North Berwick ; Highland, No. 48, 
Limerick ; Mariners, No. 53, Round Pond, Bristol ; Oxford, No. 
61, North Waterford ; Abou Ben Adhem, No. 23, Auburn ; Saco 
Valley, No. 43, West Buxton; Fryeburg, No. 49, Fryeburg ; 
Belfast, No. 41, Belfast ; Knox, No. 29, Rockland. 

To one of the Lodges, Crescent, No. 25, a charter was granted 
at the last session. The others were instituted under dispensations. 

He had used old numbers for all the Lodges above named. 

Two Rebekah Lodges had been instituted ; one, York, No. 3, 
at Kittery, under a charter granted at the last session ; the other, 
Evangeline, No. 7, at Biddeford, under a dispensation. 

He stated that he had made the following 

DECISIONS. 

ist. I have been asked whether the N. G. in taking a vote on any question, 
ought to call for " those opposed, " instead of taking the vote of those in the af- 
firmative, and declaring the vote. To which I answer yes. The law of the G. 
L. U. S. requires every member to vote, and both sides should be called, in order 
that those desiring to vote in the negative may do so. It is true a member may 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 235 

doubt a vote if he desires to vote in the negative ; but a brother is entitled to an 
opportunity to vote without making himself conspicuous, and with as much quiet 
and as little parade as one voting in the affirmative ; and I advise the presiding 
officer to call for both sides, so long as the law requires every member to vote. 

2d. Questions have been presented from various Lodges as to their jurisdic- 
tion over persons residing where there is no Lodge. I have ruled that persons 
desiring to join the Order, living in towns where no Lodge exists, must apply to 
the Lodge nearest their residence; and that no other Lodge has jurisdiction, ex- 
cept on first obtaining the consent of such nearer Lodge. Some controversy 
having arisen as to the correctness of my decision, I wrote to the Grand Sire, stat- 
ing my decision and giving my reasons for it, to which he replied that my reasons 
were good and my decision correct. I have, however, always ruled that if a Lodge 
not the nearest had received and initiated a person, without fault on the part of 
the applicant, the initiation was valid ; his membership protected ; and that the 
Lodge had jurisdiction over him as over any member, and should proceed to con- 
fer the degrees. 

3d. I have had numerous applications from Lodges asking for dispensations to 
do various things, such as wearing regalia in the street, and the like, for the year' 
To all such requests I have replied that I believe the Grand Lodge did not in- 
tend to invest its Grand Master with authority to wholesale dispensations ; else the 
Grand Master might at once render all legislation as to dispensations nugatory 
during his term of office. I have only granted them, one at a time, with refer- 
ence to the facts in each case. 

4th. Washington Lodge, No. 4, of Great Falls, N. H., asked my consent to 
initiate such candidates as should present themselves during the year, residing in 
Berwick, Maine. The towns are separated only by a short bridge, and are inti- 
mately connected in interest. Other Lodges in this State being several miles 
distant, it was believed that the members thus initiated in New Hamshire would 
not join the Order unless permitted to go there. The petition was opposed by 
some, on the ground that there ought to be a Lodge in Berwick, and that this 
State ought to save its members. 

I became satisfied, however, that a Lodge could not be established at Berwick ; 
that only a small number were joining there each year ; that the field had been 
pretty well worked up ; and that such as had joined in New Hamshire were op- 
posed to a Lodge at Berwick, being unable to get a hall, and for other reasons. 
The Grand Master and Grand Patriarch of New Hamshire also frequently extend 
similar courtesies to us. 

Some of my predecessors had granted similar permission, extending through 
their terms of office. This I did not feel warranted in doing, and refu ed to do 
so, but told them that when they desired to take a candidate from Berwick, if 
they would correspond with me, I would consider each case by itself; and that 
so long as the prospect of a Lodge at Berwick remained as it then was, I should 
grant permission as often as requested. 

5th. I have decided that when a Lodge requests permission of another Lodge 



236 



HISTORY OF 



to initiate a candidate within the jurisdiction of the latter, a majority vote only 
is required to grant such permission. This is unlike the practice in other orders 
but in our law there is no provision for such cases, beyond an ordinary vote. 

The foregoing decisions of the Grand Master were approved. 

The Grand Master advised the appointment of a committee to 
consider whether there exists a necessity for redistricting the State. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to nomination and election of 
Grand Officers with the following result : 

B. C. Stone, Grand Master ; Stephen K. Dyer, Deputy Grand 
Master; W. E. Hogan, Grand Warden; Joshua Davis, Grand 
Secretary ; Daniel W. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; F. M. Laughton, 
Grand Representative. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2J o'clock, P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

2J o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

The special committee on celebration stated that the celebration 
of the thirty-first anniversary of the introduction of the Order into 
this State was successfully carried out. The amount of receipts 
were $4,350, and disbursements 13,805.58, leaving a balance of 
$544.42, due the Grand Lodge. 

The report was adopted and the committee instructed to pay 
over to the Grand Treasurer the balance in their hands. 

The special committee appointed for that purpose, presented a 
constitution for the government of Rebekah Degree Lodges, which 
was laid on the table until the next session. 

The Finance committee reported that they had examined the ac- 
counts of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, and found 
them correct. The committee recommended that the Grand Treas- 
urer be a committee, with power to procure for the use of the 
Grand Secretary and himself a suitable office. 

They also i ecommended that the salary of the Grand Secretary 



OID FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 237 

be increased one hundred dollars, in consideration of the large in- 
crease of business of that office. 

Report adopted. 

On motion of brother S. K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer, 

Resolved, That the sum of fifteen dollars be paid Bro. John K. Hooper, for 
services as janitor to this Grand Lodge. 

Bro. W. H. Smith, P. G., offered the following resolution which 
was adopted: 

Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be placed at the disposal of the 
Grand Master, to be used in instituting new Lodges, and reviving defunct ones. 
Also to pay any portion of the same to secure the services of a Lecturer upon 
the principles of Odd Fellowship. 

The committee on the State of the order in their report on the 
amended by-laws of Mousam Lodge, No. 26, recommended that 
Section 5 of Article 7, be approved, and that Sections 6 and 7, of 
Article 7, be not approved. 

Adopted. 

The same committee answered the following question in the neg- 
ative : 

" Can a Lodge knowingly entertain, and accept a proposition for membership 
legally, of a person who has been proposed in another Lodge and rejected within 
three months, and can a Lodge legally initiate such a person if elected ? " 

Adopted. 

The special committee on re-districting the State submitted the 
following, which was adopted : 

District No. 1. — Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Granite Lodge, No. 14 ; 
Mousam Lodge, No. 26 ; Laconia Lodge, No. 44 ; Saco (Rebekah 
Lodge,) No. 2 ; Evangeline (Rebekah Lodge,) No. 7. 

District No. 2. — Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28 ; Eagle Lodge, 
No. 47 ; Riverside Lodge, No. 72 ; York (Rebekah Lodge,) No. 3. 

District No. 3. — Saco Valley Lodge, No. 43 ; Highland Lodge, 
No. 48 ; Friendship Lodge, No. 69. 

District No. 4. — Maine Lodge, No. 1 ; Ancient Brothers Lodge, 
No. 4 ; Ligonia LoJge, No. 5 ; Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11 ; Bea- 
con Lodge, No. 67 ; Naomi (Rebekah Lodge,) No. 1 ; Ivy (Re- 
bekah Lodge,) No. 5. 



238 HISTORY OF 

District No. 5. — Crescent Lodge, No. 25 ; Cumberland- Lodge, 
No. 30 ; Pequawket Lodge, No. 46 ; Fryeburg Lodge, No. 49 ; 
Oxford Lodge, No. 61 ; Keazer Valley Lodge, No. 66 ; Judith 
(Rebekah Lodge,) No. 6. 

District No. 6. — Norway Lodge, No. 16 ; Mount Mica Lodge, 
No- 17 ; Mount Abram Lodge, No. 31 ; Monami Lodge, No. 40. 

District No. 7. — Sabattus River Lodge, No. 21 ; Abou Ben 
Adhem Lodge, No. 23 ; Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24 ; Manufac- 
turers and Mechanics Lodge, No. 62 ; Golden Rule Lodge, No. 
73 ; Fidelity (Rebekah Lodge,) No. 4. 

District No. 8. — Lemon Stream Lodge, No. 55 ; Franklin 
Lodge, No. 58. 

District No. 9. — Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34; Samaritan Lodge, 
No. 39 ; Fairfield Lodge, No. 68. 

District No. 10. — Gardiner Lodge, No. 9 ; Asylum Lodge, No. 
70. 

District No. 11. — Lincoln Lodge, No. 10 ; Marriners Lodge, 
No. 53 ; Arambec Lodge, No. 71. 

District No. 12. — Knox Lodge, No. 29 ; Union Lodge, No. 35 ; 
Star of Hope Lodge, No. 42. 

District No. 13.— Belfast Lodge, No. 41. 

District No. 14. — Penobscot Lodge, No. 7 ; Tarratine Lodge, 
No. 27 ; Oriental Lodge, No. 60. 

District No. 15. — Good Cheer Lodge, No. 37 ; Dirigo Lodge, 
No. 63 ; Kineo Lodge, No. 64 ; Plymouth Lodge, No. 65. 

The committee on Petitions, in their report, recommended that 
the action of the Grand Master, in issuing warrants for the follow- 
ing Lodges be approved, and that charters be issued accordingly : 

Abou Ben Adhem, No. 23, Auburn ; Knox, No. 29, Rockland ; 
Good Cheer, No. 37, Guilford ; Monami, No. 40, Mechanic's Falls ; 
Star of Hope, No. 42, Yinal Haven ; Saco Valley, No. 43, West 
Buxton ; Belfast No. 41, Belfast ; Eagle, No. 47, North Berwick ; 
Highland, No. 48, Limerick ; Fryeburg, No. 49, Fryeburg Centre ; 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 239 

Mariners, No. 53, Bristol ; Oxford, No. 61, North Waterford ; 
Evangeline, Nc% 7, (Daughters of Rebekah,) Biddeford. 

Brother E. P. Banks, P. G. M., was appointed as a special com- 
mittee to inquire into the expense of publishing the proceedings of 
the Grand Lodge from the year 1848, and report at the next an- 
nual session. 

The committee on appeals reported on the appeal of brother 
George H. G. Palmer, from the action of Carrabasset Lodge, No. 
34, in expelling him from the Order. It appeared that brother 
Palmer had no notice of said charges, and the time of trial thereon. 

They recommended that the appeal be sustained and a new trial 
given. 

Adopted. 

The same committee, on the appeal of brother James M. 
Moshicr from the action of Franklin Lodge, No. 58, in refusing to 
pay him sick benefits, recommended that the action of the Lodge 
be sustained and the appeal dismissed. 

Adopted. 

The same committee reported on an appeal of brother W. K. 
Neal, P. G., from the action of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, in the trial 
of brother James D. Moore, for conduct unbecoming an Odd Fel- 
low. The committee found that the brother did not plead guilty 
to the charge, and the Lodge did not find him guilty but refused to 
pass the motion to suspend him for one year by a vote of 72 to 90. 

They recommended that the appeal be dismissed. 

Adopted. 

Brother Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., P. G. M., State annalist, made a 
verbal report, requesting that a special committee be appointed, to 
advise with him as to the outline, and facts to be incorporated into 
the proposed history. The matter was referred to the committee 
on the State of the Order, on whose report, a committee was ap- 
pointed consisting of James E. Haseltine, P. G. M., 0. B. Whitten, 
P. G. M., and S. B. Beckett, P. G. 



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The death of brother Charles Holden, P. G., of Maine Lodge, 
No. 1, was announced, and resolutions of respect to his memory 
adopted. Also the deaths of Job M. Cook, P. G., of Androscoggin 
Lodge, No. 24, and John H. Williams, P. G., of Maine Lodge, 
No. 1. 

Memorial pages in the proceedings were ordered to be set apart 
to the memory of each the foregoing deceased brothers. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The Grand Master made the following appointments : 

Byron Kimball, Grand Marshal ; S. G. Hills, Grand Conduc- 
tor ; C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; Mark Harden, Grand Guar- 
dian ; W. J. Wheeler, Grand Herald. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District No. 1, E. L. Sawyer ; No. 2, Frank L. Berry ; No. 3, 
Ivory Brooks ; No. 4, Stephen K. Dyer, (ex-off.) ; No. 5, B. C. 
Stone, (ex-off.) ; No. 6, A. M. True ; No. 7 5 Hiram Snow ; No. 
8, E. I. Merrill ; No. 9, B. R. Rackliff ; No. 10, J. W. Toward ; 
No. 11, W. E. Hogan, (ex-off.*) ; No. 12, A. A. Beaton ; No. 13, 
; No. 14, E. A. Buck ; No. 15, G. W. Pratt. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 7J o'clock, P. M. 



EVENING SESSION. 

7i o'clock, p. m. 
Met pursuant to adjournment. 
Brother Joshua Nye, P. G., presented the following resolution : 

Resolved, That in the opinion of this Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F., it is against 
the principles of Odd Fellowship for any member of the Order to engage in a 
business that is made a crime by the statutes of the State ; and that it is the duty 
of a Lodge of which such person is a member, to expel him from the same, after 
suitable admonition, if the crime is continued or persisted in. 

Rejected. 

[The above resolution was regarded as being aimed at the un- 
lawful traffic in intoxicating liquors, and as such was discussed at 
considerable length,] 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 241 

A special committee, consisting of N. G. Cummings, P. G. M., 
E. P. Banks, P. G. M., and C. K. Ladd, P. G. M.,was appointed 
to revise the Constitution of Subordinate Lodges. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That when a candidate is balloted for in the initiatory Degree, that it 
shall be the duty of the N. G. to pass the ballot box to his right andjeft support- 
ers for inspection before he discloses the result. 

Brother S. K. Dyer, D. G. Master, offered the following, which 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Grand Treasurer be instructed to invest, in City of Portland 
Registered Bonds, any money that may be deposited in the Savings Banks, when- 
ever he can do so for the interest of this Grand Lodge. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Total initiations for the term ending December 31st, 1874, 637 ; admit- 
ted by card, 60; reinstated, 1 6 ; withdrawn by card, 64; suspended, 66; 
expelled, 3 ; deceased, 22 ; rejected, 93 ; number of Past Grands, 593 ; 
contributing members, 5,473. 

Total number of initiations for the term ending June 30, 1875, 797 ; ad- 
mitted by card, 103 ; reinstated, 26 ; withdrawn by card, 120 ; suspended, 
47; expelled, 1; deceased, 32; rejected, 152 ; number initiate members, 
661 ; scarlet Degree members, 4,997; Past Grands, 623 ; total number of 
contributing members, 6,199. 

Relief for the year ending December 31, 1874. 

Number of brothers relieved, 346 ; widowed families relieved, 4,6 ; 
brothers buried, 36 ; number of weeks sickness for which benefits were 
paid, 2,842 ; amount paid for relief of brothers, $13,018.46 ; paid for re- 
lief of widowed families, $1,470.97 ; paid for education of orphans, $1J5. 
53 ; total amount of relief, $16,077.63 ; current expenses, separate from 
benefits and charities, $19,214.67 ; amount of annual receipts, $50,805.21; 
invested funds, $111,910.69. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

Grand Representatives report. 

The report of the Grand Representatives opens with an account of the recep- 
tion of the Grand Lodge of the United States, at Indianapolis, and continues by 
saying that the session was a hard-worked and interesting one, and many ques- 
tions of vital importance to the Order were considered. 
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DECISIONS OF THE GRAND SIRE. 

1st. A member in good standing in his Lodge is entitled to pecuniary benefits 
while sick and unable to attend to his ordinary avocations, although he may have 
an income sufficient for his support. 

2d. It is lawful for a Subordinate Lodge to donate its funds for any purpose 
within the object and scope of the Order. 

3d. The 'general management and conduct of Degree Lodges are subjects of 
local legislation. 

4th. That a Grand Lodge of a State must grant an appeal from its decision to 
the Grand Lodge of the United States j and that in vacation, the^ Grand Master 
cannot grant said appeal. 

5th. That a Subordinate Encampment should not use its funds to procure street 
uniforms. 

6th. That a member of a Subordinate Lodge, desiring to join an Encamp- 
ment, should join the nearest Encampment to his residence in the same 
jurisdiction. 

7th. That a brother in good standing cannot be kept out of his Grand or Su- 
bordinate Lodge while the minutes of the preceding meeting are being read, if he 
desires to enter and can work his way into the Lodge. 

8th. That the Grand Encampment of Ohio, has no right to assign as a Repre- 
sentative of a district, a patriarch who is not a member of an Encampment in 
the district he is assigned to represent. 

9th. That the law authorizing the N. G. of a Lodge to communicate the semi- 
annual pass-word to a brother of another Lodge, at the request of the N. G. of 
the Lodge to which he may belong, under the seal of the Lodge, applies to the 
N. G., in the same jurisdiction, and not in different jurisdictions. 

loth. That when a member of an Encampment has been dropped for non-pay- 
ment of dues, it is not imperative upon the Encampment to re-instate him, al- 
though he may offer to pay up all his dues ; but if they refuse to re-instate him, 
they should grant him a dismissal certificate. 

nth. That when a person has been elected to receive all the Encampment De- 
grees, and a dispensation has been granted to confer them all at the same meet- 
ing, it js lawful for another Encampment in the same jurisdiction to confer said 
degrees at the request of the Encampment in which he was elected. 

12th. That there is no law compelling Subordinate Lodges to send their mem- 
bers to a Degree Lodge to receive the degrees, although the Degree Lodge may 
be in the same city or town. 

13th. That while Subordinate Encampments are in session, transacting their 
ordinary business, the members should not wear their street uniform. 

14th. That a member of an Encampment, clothed in street uniform, presenting 
himself for admission while the Encampment is transacting its ordinary business, 
may be admitted ; but should be compelled to clothe himself in .proper regalia 
while he remains in the Encampment. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 243 

15th. That what is meant by a ballot, is when the N. G. declares the ballot 
closed, and announces the result. 

16th. That a Lodge or Encampment, with its officers, can, in a body, visit 
another Lodge or Encampment outside of its jurisdiction, without cards or the 
A. T. P. W. 

17th. That the Washington Monument is not such an object or purpose as is 
contemplated by our laws to which the funds of a Subordinate Lodge can or 
should be appropriated. 

18th. That the law of the last session, prescribing a street uniform, is supreme* 
and virtually abrogates any law of a State jurisdiction in conflict with it. 

19th. That a P. G. of the R. P. Degree can, and may wear a jewel of yellow 
metal. (See Digest, 1655.) 

20th. That a record of a trial in the Courts upon a charge of the violation of 
the laws of the land, is prima facie proof of the facts appearing therein, and 
where charges are preferred against a brother for a violation of the laws of the 
Order, the same he has been tried for in the Courts, the record in the Courts is 
competent proof in the trial in the Lodge, and is conclusive, unless other evidence 
be introduced besides that in the record ; and on such trial, either party may in- 
troduce such evidence as is not embraced in the record. 

These decisions were approved, except the 4, 6, 11, 14, 15 and 16 which were 
modified as follows : 

4th. A Grand Master cannot grant an appeal from the action of his Grand 
Lodge. 

6th. It is left to local State legislation to regulate whether or not a member of 
a Subordinate Lodge shall join the nearest Encampment to his residence. (See 
Digest, 1718.) 

nth. That when a person has been elected to receive all the Encampment de- 
grees, and has received the patriarchal degree and a dispensation has been 
granted to confer the other degrees at the same meeting, it is lawful for another 
Encampment, in the same jurisdiction, to confer these degrees at the request of 
the Encampment in. which he was elected and admitted to the initiatory or patri- 
archal degree. 

14th. That a member of an Encampment, clothed in street uniform, presenting 
himself for admission while the Encampment is transacting its ordinary business, 
shall be treated the same as if he presented himself without such uniform. 

15th. A ballot is closed when it is so declared by the presiding officer. 

16th. That a Lodge or Encampment, with its officers, can in a body, visit 
another Lodge or Encampment outside of its jurisdiction, without cards, or the 
A. T. P. W., but it is necessary that one of their first two officers in charge of 
such visiting body, should be in possession of the A. T. P. W., and have his 
card. 



244 



HISTORY OF 



GENERAL RETURNS. 



Grand Lodges, 

Subordinate Lodges, 

Rebekah Degree Lodges, ] 

Grand Encampments, 

Subordinate Encampments, 

Lodge initiations, 

Lodge members, 

Encampment members, 

Relief by Lodges, 

" " Encampments, 
" " Rebekah Lodges, 

Total Relief, 

Revenue of Lodges, 

" " Encampments, 
" " Rebekah Lodges, 

Total Revenue, 



Year 1873. 

46 
55,486 

S12 

36 

i,5 12 

57,454 

414,815 

80,131 

#1,335,937.33 
150,787.06 

3,550-33 
1,490,274.72 

3,939,793-62 

478,469.06 

i5,738-40 

4,434,001.08 



Year 1874. 
46 
5,987 
632 

38 
1,630 

55,005 
438,701 

83,445 

^1,374,742.54 

158,708.36 

4,542.51 

I ,537,993-4i 

4,006,331.26 

465,985.01 

38,664.22 

4,510,980.49 



Increase. Decrease. 

501 
120 

2 
118 

2,449 
23,886 

3,3H 

$38,805.21 

7,921.30 

992.18 

47,718.69 

66,537.64 

$12,484.05 
22,925.82 
76,979.41 



From 1830, to December 31, 18T4. 

Initiations, - 924,428 

Members relieved, - - - • - - 685,963 

Widowed families relieved, .... 91,095 

Members deceased, ..... 60,776 

Total receipts, - .... $55,338,423.82 

" Relief, - 20,542,494.71 

VISITING CARDS. 

It was decided that a ballot is not necessary in granting visiting cards, but that 
it is necessary for the Lodge to pass upon the matter, either by formal vote, or by 
the presiding officer stating, upon the reception of the application therefor, that 
"the card will be granted if there be no objection." 

A. T. P. W. 

It was decided that the N. G. must communicate the A. T. P. W. to a brother 
who has forgotten it during the life of his card. 

FUNERAL BENEFITS. 

It was decided that benefits should not be paid to the executor or administrator 
of a deceased brother, but to his family, or dependent relatives. If there are 
relatives who were not members of his family, and were not dependent upon 
him, they have no claim. It is not the intention of the Order to pay the debts of 
a deceased brother, but to assist his family. 

FIFTH DEGREE MEMBERS. 

A resolution to admit Fifth Degree Members, in good standing, to witness the 
proceedings of Grand Lodges, was lost. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 245 



THE WHITE RACE ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP. 

The following resolution was adopted for the purpose of settling a vexed 
question : 

Resolved, That admission to our Order, has always been restricted to'the white 
race. That this law has been, and is now well established and understood wher- 
ever American Odd Fellowship is known, and that any and all attempts to change 
the same should not be countenanced by this R. W. Grand Lodge. 

CHARITY AND RELIEF. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

i. Resolved, That when any jurisdiction shall suffer some great calamity, and 
a relief committee shall be duly authorized to receive and disburse money to the 
sufferers, it shall be the duty of the R. W. Grand Master of such jurisdiction to 
see that the Treasurer of such fund shall execute and deliver to him a bond to 
secure the money placed, or to be placed, in his hands for the purposes of relief. 

2. Resolved, That one of the'conditions of said bond shall be that should there 
be any surplus left in his hands after the purposes for which such fund is con- 
tributed have been completed and performed, then that said obligor shall pay the 
same to the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of the United States upon the 
order of the M. W. Grand Sire. 

3. Resolved, That in such an event as is set forth in the first resolution, any 
committee appointed to administer a relief fund shall be required, within a rea- 
sonable time, to make to the Grand Master of the jurisdiction a full and com- 
plete report of their proceedings in the premises, and especially if there should 
be a surplus of money on hand, to report the amount thereof. 

4. Resolved, That should any surplus of said moneys be reported as aforesaid 
the Grand Master shall notify the M. W. Grand Sire of the same, who shall forth- 
with proceed to draw for the same to the order of the Grand Master. 

5. Resolved, That any such surplus of moneys that shall come to the hands of 
the Grand Treasurer, as aforesaid, shall be invested and held by him under the 
orders of this Grand Lodge, to be kept for such purposes of special relief as may 
seem best to conserve the purposes for which they were contributed. 

SUBORDINATE DEGREES. 

It was decided again that the right to confer the Five Degrees cannot be taken 
from a Lodge by a Degree Lodge or State Grand Lodge. 

HOLY BIBLE. 

The Holy Bible is an integral part of Odd Fellowship, and should be present 
in every Lodge when open for business. 

RENUNCIATION. 

It was decided that a brother who voluntarily renounces the Order, thereby re- 
nounces all claim to any benefit he may be entitled to, and has no further claim 
upon the Order. 



246 HISTORY OP 



INTRODUCTION BY GRAND OFFICERS. 

The by-laws allowing Grand Representatives to introduce members of the 
Order into their respective ^ranches, was amended so that a Grand Representa- 
tive from a Grand Lodge or Encampment, may now introduce brothers into Su- 
bordinate Lodges and Encampments, thus extending their power to both branches 
of the Order, instead of being confined to the branch they represent. 

FORFEITURE OF MEMBERSHIP. 

A Daughter of Rebekah, who is a widow, forfeits her membership in the Order, 
when she marries again. 



THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL SESSION. 

Augusta, August 8, 1876. 

Officers present — B. C. Stone, Grand Master ; S. K. Dyer, 
Deputy Grand Master ; W. E. Hogan, Grand Warden ; Joshua 
Davis, Grand Secretary ; D. W. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Geo. A. 
Callahan, Grand Representative ; F. M. Laughton, Grand Repre- 
sentative ; Byron Kimball, Grand Marshal ; S. G. Hills, Grand 
Conductor ; C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain ; Mark Harden, Grand 
Guardian ; E. McAllister, Grand Herald, pro tern. 

The following Past Grands were then admitted and instructed 
in the Grand Lodge Degree : 

James R. Foss, W. S. Hasty, of Saco Lodge, No. 2 ; Charles 
E. Pierce, Asa B. Russell, of Ligonia, No. 5 ; Joseph Page, of 
Penobscot, No. 7 ; J. M. Smith, James Nash, of Gardiner, No. 9 ; 
George Pepper, of Lincoln, No. 10 ; George T. Springer, of Sac- 
carappa, No. 11 ; Edward Beaumont, of Pejepscot, No. 13 ; Jer- 
emiah Goldsborough, of Granite, No. 14 ; S. F. Sargent, of Nor- 
way, No. 16 ; William Sheehan, of Sabattus River, No. 21 ; 
George F. Stetson, George B. Briggs, of Abou Ben Adhem, No. 
23 ; Andrew T. Bean, Seth P. Miller, Royal M. Mason, of Andro- 
scoggin, No. 24 ; E. W. Hill, of Crescent, No. 25 ; E. W. Conant, 
of Tarratine, No. 27 ; John W. Morrison, of Olive Branch, No. 
28 ; Charles A. Libby, of Knox, No. 29 ; E. A. Gibbs, E. A. 
Littlefield, of Cumberland, No. 30 ; A. M. True, of Mount Ab- 
ram, No. 31 ; A. H. Weston, of Carrabasset, No. 34 ; T. A. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 247 

Davis, Silas Hawes, A. M. Wingate, of Union, No. 35 ; George 
Scales, L. T. Boothby, of Samaritan, No. 39 ; William W. Castle, 
of Belfast, No. 41 ; John Lowe, of Star of Hope, No. 42 ; A. H. 
Barnes, of Saco Valley, No. 43 ; William H. Hanson, Jr., of La- 
conia, No. 44 ; William B. Littlefield, of Eagle, No. 47 ; C. W. 
Waterhouse, Jr., of Fryeburg, No. 49 ; M. M. Rhodes, of Mar- 
iners, No. 53 ; John Metcalf, of Lemon Stream, No. 55; J. 
J. Linscott, of Franklin, No. 58 ; C. B» Heath, of Manufac- 
turers and Mechanics, No. 62 ; B. C. Lowell, of Kineo, No. 64 ; 
G. M. Sturtevant, of Plymouth, No. 65 ; George H. Maxwell, of 
Keazer Valley, No. 66 ; William H. Ohler, of Beacon, No. 67 ; 
Simeon Merrill, H. V. Totman, W. C. Simpson, of Fairfield, No. 
68 ; William H. Brown, of Friendship, No. 69 ; R. B. Capen, W. 
B. Leighton, of Asylum, No. 70 ; Thomas R. Wilson, Jacob Joy, 
of Riverside, No. 72 ; George A. Chandler, of Golden Rule, No. 
73. 

Brother A. E. Chase, P. G., moved the following standing reso- 
lutions for this Grand Lodge, which were adopted : 

Resolved, That the Secretary of each Subordinate Lodge prepare two certifi- 
cates for those who may be entitled to seats in this Grand Lodge at its Annual 
Session, and that one of these certificates be forwarded to the Grand Secretary 
with the semi-annual returns, and the other given to the brother entitled to it. 

Resolved, That the committee on credentials be present at each annual session, 
at least thirty minutes before the opening of the Grand Lodge, to receive the 
credentials of the brothers, and report upon the same immediately according to 
the order of business, after the opening of the Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary prepare for the committee on credentials a 
certified list of the brothers whose credentials have been forwarded to him, and 
forward the same to the said committee the day before the session of this Grand 
Lodge. 

On motion of W. H. Smith, P. G., 

Voted., That the R. W. Grand Warden confer the Grand Lodge Degree in the 
ante-room upon all duly accredited Past Grands who may appear. 

The Grand Master then read his annual report. He reported 
all of the Lodges as being in a healthy and prosperous condition. 

He stated that he had re-instituted Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13, at 
Brunswick, and instituted two Lodges, viz. : Echo, No. 52, at Ber- 
wick, and West Paris, No. 15, at West Paris. 



248 HISTORY OF 

Five Rebekah Degree Lodges have been instituted during the 
year, viz. : Ray of Hope Lodge, No. 8, D. of R., at North Ber- 
wick ; Charity Lodge, No. 9, D. of R., at Norway ; Aurora Lodge, 
No. 10, "D. of R., at Belfast ; Myrtle Lodge, No. 11, D. of R., at 
Vinalhaven ; Julian Lodge, No. 12, D. of R., at Fryeburg, Centre. 

He stated that in June, he received a lengthy communication 
from Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, containing a statement of facts in re- 
lation to the action of the Lodge in regard to benefits, with an ap- 
peal from P. G., Wm. K. Neal, against the action of the Lodge. 

The question was, " Is the brother entitled to benefits ? " 
Answer, " If entitled to any he is entitled to all, I hold, from a due considera- 
tion of all the facts, that he is not entitled to any." 

He further stated that June 8, he received the following com- 
munication : 

I. o. o. F. 

Beacon Lodge, No. 67, ) 
Portland, June 6, 1876. ) 

To the M. W. Grand Master I. 0. O. F. of Maine : 

My Dear Sir and Brother: In accordance with the latter vote hereupon 
written, I send to you this communication, and in order that you may understand 
the circumstances, I also transmit all the votes that bear upon the matter. 

" A motion that this Lodge accept the invitation tendered the committee on 
Fair to take part in the celebration of the Fourth of July, and turn out that day 
as a Lodge, was lost." (Extract from records of May 9, 1876.) " On motion, it 
was voted, that this Lodge appear in procession on the Fourth of July next." 
(Extract from records of May 16, 1876.) "Voted, that permission be asked of 
the Grand Master for this Lodge to appear in regalia on the Fourth of July next, 
in the procession upon that day." (Extract 'from records of May 23, 1876.) 

Yours in F. L. & T., 

A. E. Chase, Sec'y. 

June 15, or thereabouts, before granting the dispensation asked for, he received 
this appeal and questions pertaining thereto : 

I. O. O. F. 

Beacon Lodge, No. 67, ) 
Portland, June 13, 1876. J 

To the Grand Master, I. O. O. F., of the State of Maine: 

My Dear Sir and Brother : At the regular session of this Lodge, held this 
evening, brother A. E. Chase P. G., appealed from the action of the Lodge as 
shown by the votes of May 9, 16, 23, and submitted the following questions for 
the decisions of the Grand Master, I, O. O. F. of this State,:, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 249 

First, Are all the votes of Beacon Lodge, No. 67, I. O. O. F., in regard to 
joining the procession on the Fourth of July next, and appearing as a Lodge on 
that day, as recorded under the dates of May 9, 16, 23, in the proceedings of said 
Lodge, legal or illegal ? 

Second, If all of said votes are not legal, which are the illegal votes, and which 
the legal votes ? 

Third, Can a Lodge decide a question at any meeting, and at its next, or any 
subsequent meeting, act upon the same subject anew, provided, however, that no 
subsidiary motion is made to bring it before the Lodge at the next or any subse- 
quent meeting ? 

And the appeal was directed to be minuted and certified to the Grand Master. 
A true copy of the appeal and proceedings thereupon. 

Attest : A. E. Chase, Sec'y. 

L. H. McKenney, N. G. 

The Grand Master's answer to these questions was : " The 
votes are not all legal. The first is a legal vote. The second is 
illegal, and the third, which is based upon the second, is unneces- 
sary or uncalled for. 

The Grand Master further stated that in July, he received 
another communication from Ligonia Lodge, with an appeal from 
P. G., W. K. Neal, with a statement to the effect that 

" A member of the Lodge had been convicted seventeen times within three 
years last past, of violation of one of the criminal laws of this State, which pro- 
hibits the illegal keeping and sale of intoxicating liquors within this State ; " 
that the question, had been propounded to the N. G., asking him, " Is the brother 
guilty of conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow, and. is it the duty of the] Super- 
visory committee to bring the matter before the Lodge in the form of charges ? 
which question was answered in the negative by the N. G., who was sustained in 
his decision by the Lodge." In reply he stated that he should reverse the de- 
cision of the N. G., and the Lodge, and answer " Yes ; " that all our charges* 
lectures, and principles, taught us that as Odd Fellows, we were bound to obey and 
submit to the law and become law abiding citizens ; that, however, we might 
differ in opinion as regards the principle, propriety, working, or even constitu- 
tionality of a law, as long as it remains upon our statute book by the general con- 
sent of our citizens, we, as Odd Fellows, were bound to submit to it ; that any 
member of our Order, who knowingly and wilfully persisted in breaking that law, 
was guilty of conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow." 

He had declined to approve amendments to the by-laws of Friend- 
ship Lodge, No. 69, and Norway Lodge, No. 16, restricting the 
payment of benefits to a sick brother, to thirteen weeks in one 
year, believing it to be contrary to the spirit and intention of our 



250 HISTORY OF 

Order. He made the decision that Lodges have no right to re- 
strict the benefits of a member entitled to receive any, to a given 
number of weeks or months. Learning that Pequawket Lodge, 
No. 46, had held their meetings semi-monthly, thus failing to com- 
ply with the requirements of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, which makes twenty-six nights necessary to complete a 
term, he decided that he could not legally install their officers elect, 
in July last, they having been installed in January last, and de- 
clined to do so. He had also been informed that Mousam Lodge, 
No. 26, have only semi-monthly meetings. He suggested that the 
Grand Lodge take such action in these cases as may be deemed 
most proper and expedient. 

He stated that controversies had arisen in regard to " jurisdic- 
tion." Some Lodges contending that " nearest Lodge " meant 
nearest in point of distance by actual measurement from point to 
point, and others, that it meant by convenience, or nearest of ac- 
cess. He had ruled that an applicant must go to the Lodge near- 
est his residence in point of convenience, or easiness of access. 

He alluded to the difficulty in finding out what local legislation 
has taken place in regard to certain points of law left to the Grand 
Lodge, and recommended that " a committee be raised whose duty 
it shall be to revise all acts of local legislation, put them in proper 
shape, with a suitable index, and have it bound in a proper manner, 
and thus prepare and furnish a digest of the laws of this jurisdic- 
tion, as left to it to decide, and that such a number of copies be 
provided as to enable the Grand Lodge to furnish each Subordinate 
Lodge with a copy." 

The following communication was received from the Right Worthy 
Grand Lodge of Chili, and on motion of J. N. Read, P. G., the 
request was directed to be complied with, and an appropriate re- 
sponse be made by the Grand Secretary. 

I. O. O. F. 

Right Worthy Grand Lodge of The Republic of Chili, 

Valparaiso, December u, 1875. 
At the session of the Grand Lodge of The Republic of Chili, I. O. O. F., held 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 251 

at Valparaiso, on the nth day of December, 1875, the following preamble and 
resolutions were unanimously adopted : 

Whereas, The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States, having 
granted a charter for a Grand Lodge of this Republic, which Grand Lodge, the 
first in South America, was regularly instituted on the 18th day of November, 
1875, b y the Hon - c - A - Logan, S. D. G. S., P. G. S., it is incumbent on this 
Grand Lodge to notify all Sister Grand Lodges of an event of such paramount 
importance to the prosperity and advancement of our beloved Order in this dis- 
tant part of the World, and also to convey to them the fraternal greetings of this 
Grand Lodge ; and 

Whereas, Fraternal interchanges of communications and publications between 
Grand Lodges being calculated to promote in a high degree the best interests of 
our Order, be it 

Resolved, That the fraternal greetings and cordial salutations of this Right 
Worthy Grand Lodge be, and are hereby tendered to all our Sister Grand Lodges 
throughout the globe, and while asking them to rejoice with us over the consum- 
mation of an event of such vast importance, as is the institution of a Grand 
Lodge, to a jurisdiction which in the short space of eighteen months has given, 
birth to seven vigorous Subordinate Lodges, and one Subordinate Encampment 
we sincerely pray that every blessing may attend their labors in behalf of our 
friendly Order. 

Resolved, That all Sister Grand Lodges throughout the globe be respectfully 
asked to forward to us copies of their printed journals in exchange for those of 
this Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That the Right Worthy Grand Secretary be instructed to transmit to 
all Sister Grand Lodges a copy of these preambles and resolutions, under the 
official seal of this Grand Lodge. 

William J. DeGress, 
[Seal.] Grand Secretary. 

The Grand Lodge then proceeded to the nomination and election 
of Grand Officers, with the following result : 

Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Master ; William E. Hogan, Deputy 
Grand Master ; John Reed, Grand Warden ; Joshua Davis, Grand 
Secretary ; Daniel W. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; B. C. Stone, 
Grand Representative. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



9 n> 



CLOCK, P. M. 



The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 



252 HISTORY OF 

The constitution for Rebekah Degree Lodges, laid on the table 
at the last session, was taken up and adopted. 

The committee on that subject, submitted the following report, 
which was laid on the table until after the report in regard to pre- 
paring a Digest of the laws of the Grand Lodge. 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of Maine, I. 0. O. F. : 

Having been appointed a committee at the last annual session, to ascertain and 
report to the Grand Lodge, the expense of reprinting the proceedings from and 
including the year 1849 t0 i875» beg leave to report : 

That I have made some inquiries to that end and find that to have the work ex- 
ecuted, as well at least as the proceedings of 1875, ^ w ^ cost about $2,300 for 
1000 copies, cloth, bound in one volume ; for 1000 copies, bound in two volumes, 
about $2,400 ; for 500 copies, bound in two volumes, about $2000. These are 
approximate sums and may vary, but they are sufficiently near for the Grand 
Lodge to act somewhat understandingly in the matter. These sums do not in- 
clude the proceedings of 1876, of course, and there will be this additional 
expense. Respectfully submitted, 

Edward P. Banks, 

Committee. 

The special committee on that subject, submitted a revised con- 
stitution for Subordinate Lodges, which was laid on the table until 
the next annual session, and ordered to be printed. 

The committee appointed at the last session to procure an office 
for the use of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, reported 
that he had made arrangements for an office for their accommoda- 
tion in Farrington's new block, situated on Congress street, City 
of Portland ; said block will contain a fire proof brick vault to be 
used by this Grand Lodge, in conjunction with the Grand Encamp- 
ment, and Odd Fellows of Portland. Accepted. 

Brother A. E. Chase, P. G., moved that the Grand Treasurer 
and Grand Secretary be empowered to furnish their office, which 
was agreed to. 

The special committee appointed at the last session to advise 
with the Annalist, reported that very little, if anything had been 
accomplished. 

Brother A. D. Smith, P. G., moved that brother Benj. Kings- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 253 

bury, Jr., P. G. M., be discharged from further services as State 
Annalist, which was agreed to. 

The committee on petitions, in their report, recommended that 
charters be granted to Echo Lodge, No. 52, at Berwick, and West 
Paris Lodge, No. 15, at West Paris, and that the charter fee paid 
by Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13, be refunded. 

The same committee, on the petition of Monami Lodge, No. 40, 
requesting to be attached to District No. 7, recommended that the 
request be granted. Adopted. 

Brother A. D. Smith, P. G., moved that brother N. G. Cum- 
mings, P. G. M., be appointed State Annalist, which was agreed 
to. 

Past Grand Master, William H. Barnes, of New York, was in- 
vited to address the Grand Lodge, to which invitation our distin- 
guished guest responded in an able and interesting address. 

The committee on appeals reported on the appeal of brother 
Ivory Brooks, against the action of Friendship Lodge, No. 69, in 
refusing to pay him benefits. The committee recommended that in 
the absence of proper evidence in the case, the appeal be dismissed. 

Report adopted. 

The same committee, on the appeal of brother Anthony B. 
Crockett, against the action of Norway Lodge, No. 16, in refusing 
to pay him sick benefits. It appears, that according to the by-laws 
of his Lodge, brother Crockett is only entitled to benefits during 
the time he was " confined to the house," the time of such confine- 
ment to be shown by a physician's certificate. In the absence of 
such evidence, the committee recommended that the appeal be dis- 
missed, until the certificate — stating the number of weeks — be 
furnished to the Lodge, as required by its by-laws. 

Report adopted. 

The following resolution, submitted by the committee on appeals, 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That hereafter all matters of grievances or appeals presented to this 
Grand Lodge, must be accompanied by a certified copy of the records of the 
Lodge, from which such appeal is made, bearing on the case in question. 



254 



HISTORY OF 



The special committee on Degree of Rebekah, in their report, 
recommended that charters be granted the following ] todges : 

Ray of Hope Lodge, No. 8, North Berwick ; Charity Lodge, 
No. 9, Norway ; Aurora Lodge, No. 16, Belfast ; Myrtle Lodge, 
No. 17, Vinalhaven ; Julian Lodge, No. 12, Fryeburg Centre. 

Report adopted. 

The Grand Lodge adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



evening session. 

7 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 
The committee on the State of the Order in their report, rec- 
ommended that the by-laws of Carrabasset Lodge be approved ; 
also that the by-laws of Samaritan Lodge, No. 39, be approved 
with the exception of Section 2, of Article 7, which reads as 
follows : 

" Whenever a brother whose usual occupation consists both in manual labor 
and in the management of any species of business, or in the superintending of 
secular affairs only, shall be disabled, from any cause, from attending to manual 
labor in person, but is able to attend to the supervision of his business in charge, 
he is not to be regarded as coming within the provisions of the by-laws for con- 
ferring benefits." 

Also that the by-laws of Maine Lodge, No. 1, be approved, with 
the exception cf Section 2, of Article 5, which is the same as 
Section 2, of Article 7 of Samaritan Lodge, alluded to above. 

Report adopted. 

[The action of the Grand Lodge, in disapproving the provisions 
of the by-laws of these Lodges in relation to benefits, appears to 
be in direct conflict with the law of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States. See Digest 171," 172, 173.] 

The same committee reported on the decisions of the Grand 
Master as follows : 

That the decision in case of appeal by Past Grand William K. Neal, from the 
action of Ligonia Lodge, No, 5, in relation to J. H. Brackett, be not approved, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 255 

the papers in the case showing that the brother was technically in good standing 
in the Lodge. 

That the decision in case of votes in Beacon Lodge, No. 6j, be approved. 

That the decision in regard to non-approval of amendment to by-laws of 
Friendship Lodge, No. 69, and Norway Lodge, No. 16, be approved. 

That the decision in relation to Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, be approved. 

That the decision in regard to the interpretation of the law as to jurisdiction 
and meaning of the expression, "nearest his place of residence," be approved. 

Keport adopted. 

The same committee, on the decision of the Grand Master in 
the case of appeal of Past Grand William K. Neal, from the action 
of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, presented two reports. The majority of 
the committee recommended that the decision be approved. The 
minority took the ground that 

" When this Grand Lodge particularly enumerates any violations of law, the 
commission of which shall prevent a man from joining the Order, or subject a 
brother to charges and punishment, it acts in direct opposition to the law of the 
G. L. U. S., which says, " that it is not competent for any Grand Lodge to create 
new tests of membership," and that it is a man's own Lodge which should pass 
upon his fitness for membership. No where else can he be tried for an offence." 

The minority of the committee recommended that the decision 
be not approved. The majority report was adopted. 

The Grand Officers elect, were then installed. 

The Grand Master then announced the following appointments, 
which were confirmed by the Grand Lodge : 

S. P. Getchell, Grand Marshal ; E. L. Sawyer, Grand Conduc- 
tor; C. H. Blake, Grand Chaplain; E. J. Biker, Grand Guar- 
dian ; C. A. Libby, Grand Herald. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 

District, No. 1, William H. Hanson, Jr. ; No. 2, Frank L. 
Berry ; No. 3, Ivory Brooks ; No. 4, Stephen K. Dyer, (ex-offi.) ; 
No. 5, J. N. Smith ; No. 6, George A. Wilson ; No. 7, John 
Read, (ex-off.) ; No. 8, E. I. Merrill ; No. 9, George H. Esty ; 
No. 10, Josiah S. Hobbs ; No. 11, W. E. Hogan, (ex-off.) ; No. 
12, A. A. Beaton; No. 13, W. W. Castle; No. 14, E. W. Co- 
nant ; No. 15, G. W. Pratt. 

On motion of W. H. Smith, P. G., 



256 HISTORY OF 

Voted, That B. C. Stone, P. G. M., N. G. Cummings, P. G. M., and Joshua 
Davis, Grand Secretary, be a committee to prepare a Digest of the laws of this 
Grand Lodge, to be reported on at the next session, with recommendations as to 
the best form of publishing the same for the use of the Order. 

The Grand Lodge then adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ORDER. 

Total number of initiations for the term ending December 31, 1875, 604 ; 
admitted by card, 64 ; re-instated, 7 ; withdrawn by card, 54 ; suspended, 
70 ; expelled, 6 ; deceased, 23 ; rejected, 124 ; number of Past Grands, 
659; contributing members, 6,721. 

Total number of Lodges for the term ending June 30, 1876, 54: initia- 
tions, 691 ; admitted by card, 90 ; re-instated, 27 ; withdrawn by card, 
49 ; suspended, 89 ; expelled, 6 ; deceased 20 ; rejected, 149 ; number of 
Past Grands, 712; contributing members, 7,365. 

Annual report of relief for the year ending December 31, 1875. Num- 
ber of brothers relieved, 461 ; widowed families relieved, 45 ; brothers 
buried, 56 ; week's sickness for which benefits were paid, 4,002 ; amount 
paid for relief of brothers, $17,253.26 ; amount paid for relief of widowed 
families, $1,641.79; amount paid for burying the dead, $2,011.75; paid 
for education of orphans, $145.40; total amount of relief, $21,249.45; 
current expenses separate from benefits and charities, $19,857.59 ; annual 
receipts, $64,039.51; invested funds, $135,565.80. 

SUPPLEMENTARY. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES REPORT. 

The report sets out by saying that the session was held at Philadelphia, com- 
mencing Monday Sept. 18, 1876, and closing on Saturday following. The number 
of Grand and Past Grand Officers and Representatives in attendance exceeded 
that of any previous session. Ten Past Grand Sires were present. 

The following decisions of the Grand Sire were made during the recess : 

First, It is improper for a Lodge to donate to an initiate a part of his initiation 
fee, upon the ground that he had made a bargain with certain members of the 
Lodge before sending in his petition, that he should have a part of initiation fee 
back. 

This decision was modified so as to set forth that the question as to the right 
of Subordinates to remit initiation fees belongs to State Grand Bodies ; and as 
modified, it was approved. 

Second, That the law of 1870, in regard to suspension of members for non- 
payment of dues and also for re-instatement, repeals all former laws on that 
subject, which decision was approved by the Grand Lodge. 

Third, That an Indian presenting a regular card, having the pass-word, pass- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 257 

ing an examination, should be permitted to visit a Lodge ; the fault is in the 
Lodge which initiated him. 

The decision was not sustained, the Grand Lodge deciding that no Lodge can 
lawfully permit an Indian to visit it under any circumstances. 

Fourth, That the several jurisdictions of the several States have the right to 
determine whether the dead can be buried by a committee of the Lodge or by the 
whole Lodge. This decision was sustained. 

Fifth, That a Lodge cannot in a body as a Lodge, attend the funeral of a de- 
ceased " Ancient Odd Fellow," and conduct the services according to the ritual 
of the Order, which was also approved. 

Sixth, It is not illegal that members of a Lodge, by appointment of the N. G.> 
shall, when the Lodge is opened under the head of x \ the good of the Order," de- 
liver addresses or read essays on Odd Fellowship. The Grand Lodge approved 
this ruling. 

Seventh, That the seal of a Lodge should only be used in transacting the legit- 
imate business of the Lodge. And this was also sustained by the Grand Lodge. 

FURTHER LEGISLATION, &C. 

Rebekah Degree Lodges which shall neglect to make annual reports within a 
proper time shall forfeit their charters. 

A proposition to make all members of Rebekah Degree Lodges eligible for all 
offices, was indefinitely postponed. 

It was again reiterated that but one ballot can be had on a candidate except by 
re-consideration, as provided by law. 

It was decided that, on the evenings of public installations, it is proper and al- 
lowable for Lodge business to be suspended, the doors opened, the public ad- 
mitted, and the ceremonies proceed ; then all but members excluded, the Lodge 
is closed in due form. Should, however, a Lodge close before installation, and 
install their officers, although it would be irregular, the installation would be legal. 

A proposition to recognize the right of Subordinate Lodges to appropriate 
their fund for the purpose of establishing Lodge libraries was approved. 

It was ordered that hereafter five years previous membership shall be required 
of non-afiliated Odd Fellows, who seek to become non-beneficial members. The 
rule heretofore has been ten years. 





GENERAL RETURNS. 








1874. 1875. 


Increase. 


Decrease. 


Grand Lodges, 


46 48 


2 




Subordinate Lodges, 


5>987 6,395 


40S 




Rebekah Degree Lodges, 


632 879 


247 




Grand Encampments, 


38 39 


1 




Subordinate Encampments, 


1.634 1,750 


122 




Lodge Initiations, 


55,005 50,043 




4,962 



17 



258 



HISTORY OF 



1874. 

Lodge Members, • 438,701 

Encampment Members, 83,692 

Relief by Lodges, $1,374,742.54 

" " Encampments, 159,350.36 

" " Rebekah Lodges, 4,542.51 

Total Relief, 1,538,635.41 

Revenue of Lodges, 4,006,331,26 

" Encampments, 466,670.01 

" " Rebekah Lodges, 38,664.22 



1875. 

454,689 

87,450 

$1,510,854.21 

180,969.43 

7,045.28 

1,698,868.92 

4,193,665,45 

488,421.55 

32,154-70 



Increase. 

15,988 

3,758 

1136,111,67 

21,619.07 

2,502.77 

190.233.5 1 

187,334.19 

21,751-54 



Total Revenue, 



4,511,665.49 4,714,241.70 202,576.21 
WORK OE THE ORDER. 



$6,509,52 



The following table will show, very nearly, the aggregate work 
of the Lodges from the date of the organization of the Order in 
this State, August 25, 1843, to December 31, 1876 : 

Initiations, .-.„-- 

Members relieved, - 

Widowed families relieved, 
Members deceased, = 

Total relief, ..... 
" receipts, - - i 



14,950 
7,106 

531 
726 

$207,805.20 
541,163.26 



Present memberships 



7,606 



LIST OF THE PEINCIPAL OFFICEKS 

OF THE 

GRAND LODGE SINCE ITS INSTITUTION IN 1844, 



1844. 

George W. Churchill, Grand Master; Lucius H. Chandler, Deputy Grand 
Master ; David W. Robinson, Grand Secretary ; James N. Winslow, Grand 
Treasurer ; William R. Smith, and George W. Churchill, Grand Representatives. 

1844-5. 

James Pratt, Grand Master; E. S.J. Nealley, Deputy Grand Master; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; James N. Winslow, Grand Treasurer; Wil- 
liam R. Smith, and George W. Churchill, Grand Representatives. 

1845-6. 

James f Pratt, Grand Master ; William B. Hartwell, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Rufus Read," Grand Treasurer; William 
R. Smith, and Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Representatives. 

1846-7. 

Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Master; George H. Gardiner, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer; E. S. J. 
Nealley, and Ezra B. French, Grand Representatives. 

1847-8. 

William R. Smith, Grand Master ; E. P. Butler, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer ; E. S. J. Neal- 
ley, and Allen Haines, Grand Representatives. 

1848-9. 

Allen Haines, Grand Master; S. B. Straw, Deputy Grand Master; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Rufus Read, Grand Treasurer ; William R. 
Smith, and Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Representatives. 

1849-50. 

Elisha Clark, Grand Master ; John Trask, Jr., Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. 

259 



260 



HISTORY OF 



Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Harris C. Barnes, Grand Treasurer; Nath'l 
F. Deering, and Allen Haines, Grand Representatives. 

1850-51. 

S. B. Straw, Grand Master ; Ezra B. French, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Samuel R. Leavitt, Grand Treasurer ; Allen 
Haines, and Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Representatives. 

1851-2. 

Ezra B. French, Grand Master ; Newell Blake, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., and Nathan Emerson, Grand Representatives. 

1852-3. 

William Tripp, Grand Master; John H. Williams, Deputy Grand Master; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer ; 
Wm. R. Smith, and Charles C. Harmon, Grand Representatives. 

1853-4. 

Edward P. Banks, Grand Master ; Seth E. Benson, Deputy [Grand Master ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer; 
Charles C. Harmon, and Wm.|R. Smith, Grand Representatives. 

1854-5. 

Joseph Burton, Grand Master ; John Cobby, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer; Wm. R. 
Smith, and Edward P. Banks, Grand Representatives. 

1855-6. 

Nathan Emerson, Grand Master ; A. T. C. Dodge, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; 
Edward P. Banks, and S. B. Straw, Grand Representatives. 

1856-7. 

A. T. C. Dodge, Grand Master ; George W. Nichols, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer; 
S. B. Straw, and Mark Prime, Grand Representatives. 

1857-8. 

George W. Nichols, Grand Master; Otis Kaler, Deputy Grand Master; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; Mark 
Prime, and Edward P. Gerrish, Grand Representatives. 

1858-9. 

Otis Kaler, Grand Master; Edward P. Burnham, Deputy Grand Master ; Benj. 
Kingebury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; S. B. 
Straw, and Otis Kaler, Grand Representatives. 

1859-60. 

Edward P. Burnham, Grand Master ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Deputy Grand Master j 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 261 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Secretary ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; 
Edward P. Burnham, and Daniel L. Choate, Grand Representatives. 

1860-1. 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; Andrew J. Fuller, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ed- 
ward P. Burnham, and Newell Blake, Grand Representatives. 

1861-2. 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; Andrew J. Fuller, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ed- 
ward P. Burnham, and Newell Blake, Grand Representatives. 

1862-3. 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Master ; Andrew J. Fuller, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ed- 
ward P. Burnham, and Elisha Clarke, Grand Representatives. 

1863-4. 

Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Master ; John B. Nealley, Deputy Grand Master ; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Edward 
P. Burnham, and Elisha Clarke, Grand Representatives. 

1864-5. 

John B. Nealley, Grand Master ; David Norton, Deputy Grand Master ; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Edward 
P. Burnham, and Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Representatives. 

1865-6. 

John B. Nealley, Grand Master , Nath'l G. Cummings, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ed- 
ward P. Burnham, and Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Representatives. 

1866-7. 

Nath'l G. Cummings, Grand Master ; J. W. Sargent, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ed- 
ward P. Burnham, and Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Representatives. 

1867-8. 

J. W. Sargent, Grand Master ; N. H. Colton, Deputy Grand Master ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Secretary ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Benj. Kings- 
bury, Jr., and Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Representatives. 

1868-9. 

N. H. Colton, Grand Master ; James E. Haseltine, Deputy Grand Master ; O. 
B. Whitten, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer j Cyrus K. 
Ladd, and Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Representatives. 

1869-70. 

James E. Haseltine, Grand Master ; John W. Adams, Deputy Grand Master j 



262 HISTORY OP 

Orin B. Whitten, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., and Joseph K. Merrill, Grand Representatives. 

1870-1. 

John W. Adams, Grand Master ; David W. Babb, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Orin B. Whitten, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; Joseph 
K. Merrill, and N. H. Colton, Grand Representatives. 

1871-2. 

David W. Babb, Grand Master ; Geo. A. Callahan, Deputy Grand Master ; 
Orin B. Whitten, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; N. H. 
Colton, and James E. Haseltine, Grand Representatives. 

1872-3. 

Geo. A. Callahan, Grand Master ; Orin B. Whitten Deputy Grand Master ; 
Nath'l G. Cummings, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand /Treasurer ; 
James E. Haseltine, and J. W. Sargent, Grand Representatives. 

1873-4. 

^Orin B. Whitten, Grand Master; F. M. Laughton, Deputy Grand Master; 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; J. W. 
Sargent, and John B. Nealley, Grand Representatives. 

1874-5. 

F. M. Laughton, Grand Master ; E. P. Parcher, Deputy Grand Master ; Joshua 
Davis, Grand Secretary ; Stephen K. Dyer, Grand Treasurer ; John B. Nealley, 
and Geo. A. Callahan, Grand Representatives. 

1875-6. 

Benj. C. Stone, Grand Master; Stephen K. Dyer, Deputy Grand Master; 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary ; Daniel W. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Geo. A. 
Callahan, and F. M. Laughton, Grand Representatives. 

1876-7. 
Stephen K. Dyer. Grand Master; Wm. E. Hogan, Deputy Grand Master; 
Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary ; Daniel W. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; F. M. 
Laughton, and Benj. C. Stone, Grand Representatives. 



HISTORY 



OP 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE, 



SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENTS. 



Machigonne Encampment, No. 1. 

Machigonne Encampment, No. 1, was instituted at Portland, by 
George W. Churchill, D. D. Grand Sire, under a dispensation 
from the Grand Lodge of the United States. No record of the 
institution of the Encampment appears to have been preserved. 

The record book opens as follows : 

Portland, November 7, 1843. 
2 o'clock, p. m. 

Patriarchs all present, viz : J. N. Winslow, D. Robinson, Jr., A. 
P. Cleverly, W. D. Ames, C. Cummings, J. Newmarch, and A. 
W. Pollard." These Patriarchs were, without doubt, the charter 
members. Patriarchs Winslow and Robinson, were members of 
Maine Lodge, No. 1, at Portland, the others probably lived in Bos- 
ton and went to Portland for the purpose of assisting at the insti- 
tution of the Encampment. At this meeting, twenty-one brothers 
were elected to receive the degrees, and the Initiatory, Patriarchal, 
Golden Rule and Royal Purple Degrees were conferred upon nine- 
teen of them. 

263 



264 



HISTORY OF 



Officers were elected and installed as follows : 
■ J. N. Winslow, C. P. ; D. Robinson, Jr., H. P. ; E. Wheeler, 
Jr., S. W. ; J. D. Kinsman, Scribe ; T. C. Hersey, Treasurer ; 
J. T. Mitchell, J. W. ; H. C. Barnes, was appointed I. S. 

Cards of clearance were asked for and voted to Patriarchs New- 
march, Pollard, Cleverly, Ames and Cummings. 

Jan. 10, 1849. It was voted that this Encampment discontinue the payment of 
all benefits from the 1st day of January, 1849, until such time as our stock in the 
A. & St. L. Railroad is paid for, or until the Encampment resume the payment 
of the same. The amount of this stock was ten shares, par value $1,000. Af- 
terwards increased to 11 shares, $1,100. 

Sept. 7, 1851. No quorum present, for the first time since the 
organization of the Encampment. 

From July 16, 1856, to Feb. 6, 1861, but 42 sessions were held. 
The record says of the other times of meeting : " Not a quorum 
present ; " since that time the Encampment has held regular ses- 
sions. 

In 1858, the membership had become reduced to 53. 

Feb. 6, 1858. A committee was appointed to confer with a com- 
mittee of Eastern Star, No. 2, in regard to the expediency of unit- 
ing the two Encampments. Similar committees of conference had 
been appointed some years previous, but all efforts in that direction 
failed. 

At the time of the organization of the Encampment, the fee for 
brothers under 45 years of age, for initiation and degrees was 
$12,00, which was to be paid previous to initiation. Brothers over 
45 to pay one dollar extra for each year until the age of fifty, and 
over fifty, two dollars a year. The assessments were fifty cents a 
term ; three dollars per week benefits on account of sickness were 
paid. 

The extra amount to be paid on account of age was soon after 
stricken out. 

In 1872, the semi-annual assessments were $1.50. Benefits 13.- 
00 per week. 

In 1874, the fee for admission to the Royal Purple Degree was 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 265 

placed at twenty-five dollars for all between the ages of twenty-one 
and thirty ; thirty dollars for all over thirty years and under forty ; 
and forty dollars for all whose age exceeds forty years. 

Benefits for members of the Royal Purple Degree, five dollars 
per week, commencing with the second week of disability. 

Funeral benefits, twenty-five dollars. 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, 517. 

Invested fund, $9944,11. 



Eastern Star Encampment, No. 2. 

Eastern Star Encampment, No. 2, was instituted at Portland, 
April 10, 1844, by George W. Churchill, D. D. Grand Sire, under 
a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The charter members were T. C. Hersey, Charles F. Safford, 
John D. Kinsman, James L. Merrill, H. W. Hersey, S. H. San- 
born, and Rufus Read. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

T. C. Hersey, C. P. ; Charles F. Safford, H. P. ; John D. Kins- 
man, S. W. ; H. W. Hersey, Scribe ; James L. Merrill, Treasur- 
er ; S. H. Sanborn, J. W. Rufus Read, I. S. ; George Sawyer and 
George W. Wildrage, G. of T. ; Bradbury Dearborn and Wins- 
low H. Purington, S. of N. ; S. T. Corser, 1st W. ; E. P. Bur- 
bank, 2d W. ; Abner Shaw, 3d W. ; Samuel Rolfe, 4th W. ; 
Charles W. Thomas, G. 

In 1847, the Encampment numbered 133 members. From that 
time there was a gradual falling off, till in 1866 there was but 51 
members which was the lowest point reached. 

In 1851, an effort was made to unite with Machigonne, which 
failed. Similar efforts were made in 1857, and 1860, and again 
in 1865, at which time the Encampment voted " that it was inex- 
pedient to unite with Machigonne Encampment. " This ended the 
matter of mergement. 

May 8, 1846, a funeral benefit was voted to the family of Pa- 



266 HISTORY OF 

triarch Samuel Staples, deceased, the first death in the Encamp- 
ment. Patriarch Staples was an active member, and deeply at- 
tached to the Encampment. The records show that January 1, 
1846, he donated the sum of fifty dollars to the funds of the En- 
campment, which was accepted, and resolutions of thanks for the 
same adopted. 

From March, 1850, to March 1860, not a candidate was ad- 
mitted — not a degree conferred in the Encampment. Erom 1860 
to 1867, seven were admitted. " During this long period of inac- 
tivity the Encampment elected and installed its officers, made its 
returns to the Grand Encampment, paid benefits to its sick mem- 
bers, and all other expenses that it was called upon to meet and 
steadily increased its funds." 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, 515. 

Invested fund, $11,661.62. 



Sagamore Encampment, JVo. 3. 

Sagamore Encampment No. 3, was instituted at Augusta, July 
19, 1844, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the 
United States. 

The charter members were Wm. R. Smith, Edward Fenno, 
Frederick P. Theobold, Wm. B. Hartwell, John C. Pickard, Hi- 
ram Stevens, and Thomas G. Jewett. 

The records and almost everything relating to the Order at Au- 
gusta, were destroyed by fire in 1865. The Grand Patriarch in 
his annual communication to the Grand Encampment August, 1859, 
reported Sagamore Encampment as " doing nothing more than to 
keep up the semblance of an organization." 

The charter was soon after surrendered. 



Katahdin Encampment, No. 4- 

Katahdin Encampment, No. 4, was instituted at Bangor under 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 267 

a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States in the 
summer or fall of 1844. We are unable to fix the date exactly, 
or by whom instituted. 

The Encampment made regular reports till July, 1856, after 
that time the reports ceased. The Grand Patriarch in his report 
August, 1860, stated that the Encampment was doubtless dead. 
The charter never was reclaimed or surrendered. The Encamp- 
ment resumed work in 1862. It is now in a prosperous condition. 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, 157. 

Invested Funds, $1,105.45. 



Hohah Encampment, No. 5, 

Hobah Encampment, No. 5, was instituted at Saco, under a dis- 
pensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States, October 
23, 1844. The first Officers were, David B. Cleaves, C. P., D. 
W. Butler, H. P., Joseph Hardy, S. W., G. F. H. Silsby, Scribe, 
S. H. Barrett, Treasurer, Seth Gurney, J. W., L. L. Goodwin, G., 
George N. Jordan, 1st W., George W. Churchill, 2d W., Benja- 
min Hill, 3d W., G. W. Quinby, J. J. Wiggin, G. of T., R. E. 
Taylor, S. of N., and were probably the charter members. 

This Encampment is one of the four, that during the dark days 
of the Order, promptly made reports and paid their dues to the 
Grand Encampment. In 1863, the membership became reduced 
to 26. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 92. 

Invested Funds $607.25. 



Sagadahoc Encampment, No. 6. 

Sagadahoc Encampment, No. 6, was instituted at Bath, Decem- 
ber, 1844, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the Unit- 
ed States. The following were the charter members : George H. 
Gardner, Peleg Bush, E. S. J. Nealley, Wm. Clifford, Elisha 
Clarke, Nath'l S. Morse. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 



268 HISTORY OP 

George H. Gardner, C. P., E. S. J. Nealley,H. P., John Elliot, 
S. W., Elisha Clarke, Scribe, Peleg Rush, J. W. 

In 1853, the Encampment having for some time previous, failed 
to make returns to the Grand Encampment, and having ceased 
work, the charter was reclaimed. 

The Encampment resumed work in 1867. A duplicate was is- 
sued in 1868, in place of their charter which had been lost. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 36. 

Invested Funds, $75.00 



Churchill Encampment, JVb. 7. 

This Encampment was instituted at Thomaston, December, 1844. 
We have been unable to obtain the names of but three of the char- 
ter members, viz : George Prince, Edwin Rose, and Thomas 
Oliver. 

This Encampment appears to have been a failure. The Grand 
Patriarch in May, 1846, reported that the Encampment had held 
no meetings since the installation of officers, the previous July, 
and no report had been made to the office of the Grand Scribe ; 
also that " when the Encampment was organized, they had ten mem- 
bers only, and there has been no increase since." At this session 
a commission was authorized to proceed to Thomaston, examine into 
its actual condition, and report the facts to the Grand Patriarch. 
This was accordingly done, and the committee unanimously recom- 
mended, as the result of their examination, the removal of the En- 
campment to East Thomaston. Against such removal the Encamp- 
ment remonstrated, and petitioned for leave to work in its original 
location. 

The Grand Encampment at the annual session, May, 1848, 
granted the petition, provided that the Encampment " by the first 
of the next July should pay all dues and charges standing against 
it on the Grand Scribe's Books, including the expense incurred on 
account of the commissioner's visit of examination, and make the 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 269 

semi-annual returns required by the constitution of this Grand En- 
campment." 

This the Encampment declined to do, and soon after, surren- 
dered its charter. 

Thus the first link in the Encampment branch of the Order, in 
this State became broken. 



Border Encampment, No. 8. 

We can gather but very little information in regard to the early 
history of this Encampment. It was instituted at Eastport under 
a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the United States, early 
in the year 1845. 

The report for the year 1849, shows a membership of 53. The 
charter was reclaimed in 1853. 



Cobbosseeeontee Encampment, No. 9. 

This was the first Encampment instituted under authority of the 
Grand Encampment of Maine. 

In consequence of lack of detail in the records of proceedings 
of the Grand Encampment which have been preserved, we are able 
to give but very little information in regard to the early history of 
this, the first Encampment, instituted under its authority. 

At the semi-annual session held November 4th, 1846, the Grand 
Patriarch reported as follows : 

" Since our annual session, a dispensation has been issued to 
seven qualified Patriarchs for an Encampment at Gardiner, to be 
called Cobbosseeeontee Encampment, No. 9. This Encampment 
has been opened under favorable auspices by the W. D. D. Grand 
Patriarch of the 2d District." A charter was granted to the En- 
campment at the same session. 

The charter was surrendered in 1853. 



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HISTORY OF 



Excelsior Encampment, No. 10. 

This Encampment was instituted at Belfast, in 1847. A char- 
ter was granted^May 5th of the same year. The Encampment 
reported a membership of 25 in 1849. The last report made was 
for the year ending June 30th 1855, which showed a membership 
of 12. Shortly after this, the Encampment ceased work, and in 
1857 the charter was reclaimed. 



Alamoosic Encampment, No. 11. 

Alamoosic Encampment, No. 11, was instituted at Orland, in 
1847, by 0. S. Beale, D. D. Grand Patriarch. A charter was 
granted May 3, 1848. The report for the year 1849, show a mem- 
bership of 25. The last report made was in July, 1856. 

The charter was surrendered in 1859. 



Oldtown Encampment, No. 12. 

Oldtown Encampment, No. 12, was instituted at Oldtown, Jan- 
uary 3, 1848, by Oliver S. Beale, D. D. Grand Patriarch, assisted 
by M. Gilligan, as G. H. P., W. S. Warren, as G. S. W., E. P. 
Butler, as Grand Scribe, Wm. Smith, as Grand Treasurer, and L. 
S. McKenney, as Grand Junior Warden. 

The charter members were R. D. Folsom, C. H. DeWolf, E. P. 
Chapman, Alvin Hideout, E. W. Johnson, E. R. Rich, and E. 
Leighton. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

R. D. Folsom, C. P., C. H. DeWolf, H. P., E. P. Chapman, S. 
W., David Norton, Scribe, W. R. Young, Treasurer, Alvin Rid- 
eout, J. W. 

This Encampment has always maintained its organization and 
promptly paid its dues to the Grand Encampment. 

In 1868, the membership became reduced to 7, but still they 
held on, and have now a flourishing Encampment. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 24. 

Invested funds, 110.00. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 271 

Woromhus Encampment, No. 13. 

Worombus Encampment, No. 13, was instituted at Lewiston, 
April 27, 1848. The Grand Officers officiating as follows : N. 
F, Deering, acting G. P., E. P. Banks, acting G. H. P., Wm. E. 
Kimball acting G. S. W., Fred W. Nichols, acting G. Scribe, 
Nath'l Walker, acting G. Treas., S. R. Leavitt, acting G. J. W. 

The following were the charter members : Joel C. Lane, S. P. 
Gorham, Elisha Turner, Benj. Dunn, Temple Tibbitts, Nelson B. 
Reynolds, Uriah Reed, L. A. Gould, W. T. Plaisted. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

JoelC. Lane, C. P., N. B. Reynolds, H. P., Levi A. Gould, S. 
W., Benj. Dunn, Scribe, Elisha Turner, Treasurer, S. P. Gorham, 
J.W. 

Regular meetings were held and officers elected until January, 
1852, when the interest seems to have abated. From that time the 
meetings were not regularly held. No meetings were held from 
January 1855, to August 10, 1857, at which time an attempt was 
made to revive the interest in the Encampment. The attempt 
proved a failure, and the Encampment from that time appears to 
have dropped out. 

The charter was not surrendered nor does it appear that it was 
ever reclaimed, although the Encampment was considered defunct. 

This state of things continued till January 26,1869, at which 
time the Encampment was resuscitated, and officers were elected 
and installed. From that time the Encampment has prospered and 
shows no signs of abatement of interest or zeal in Odd Fellowship. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 157, 

Invested funds, $602.77. 



Mt. Pleasant Encampment, No. lJf. 
Mt. Pleasant Encampment, No. 14, was instituted at Bridgton, 
September, 1850, by J. H. Williams, Grand Patriarch. The char- 
ter members were R. Lamson, Samuel Andrews, 2d, W. T. Kil- 



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HISTOKY OF 



born, S. C. Strout, R. K. Hunt, R. B. Ball, and B. Dodge. The 
Encampment held regular meetings for a few years and then sus- 
pended operations. While it was regarded as practically dead, yet 
the charter was never formally reclaimed, or surrendered. The 
last regular report to the Grand Encampment was made July, 1855. 

Several attempts were made to revive the Encampment, but 
without success, till January 10, 1873, at which time it was resus- 
citated, and officers installed. Since that time it has continued in 
a prosperous condition. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 96. 

Invested funds, $577.02. 



Agamenticus Encampment, No* 15. 

Agamenticus Encampment, No. 15, was instituted at Kennebunk, 
November, 1854, by E. P. Banks, P. G. P., assisted by a delega- 
tion from Hobah, No. 5, and others. The charter members were 
J. W. Sargent, John Cobby, Simeon L. Whitten, Franklin N. 
Thompson, L. K. Dorrance, and two others whose names cannot 
be ascertained. The Encampment was moved to Kennebunkport. 

In 1856, the Encampment petitioned for leave to change its lo- 
cation to Kennebunk. Permission was granted. 

The removal does not appear to have revived the drooping spirit 
of its members, for no report was received after this time. The 
charter was surrendered August 9, 1859. 

In answer to a petition signed by the requisite number of the 
former members, the Encampment was re-instated at South Ber- 
wick March 19, 1872. 

The charter having been destroyed by the great fire in Port- 
land, July 4, 1866, a duplicate charter was furnished. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 37. 

Invested funds, $346.11. 



Cummings Encampment, No. 16. 

Cummings Encampment, No. 16, was instituted at Saccarappa, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 273 

January 4, 1868, by the following Grand Officers : J. N. Read, 
G. P., N. G. Cummings, acting G. H. P., C. H. Blake, acting G. 
S. W., E. P. Banks, G. Scribe, J. E. Haseltine, G. J. W. 

The charter members were S. L. Libby, D. W. Babb, George F. 
Mariner, J. P. Libby, A. W. Riggs, H. B. Sproul, and F. A. Bet- 
tis. 

Officers were installed as follows : 

D. W. Babb, C. P., George F. Mariner, H. P., J. P. Libby, 
S. W., A. W. Biggs, Scribe, S. L. Libby, Treasurer, H. B. 
Sproul, J. W. 

Number of members December 31, 1876, 86. 

Invested funds, $325.37. 



York Encampment, No, 1 7. 

York Encampment, No. 17, was instituted at Biddeford, Jan. 
1, 1869, by James E. Haseltine, Grand Patriarch, assisted by 
other Grand Officers. The following charter members were in- 
stalled into office : Charles H. Brackett, C. P., Abel A. Jellison ? 
H. P., Wm. B. Fenderson, S. W., S. H. Pillsbury, Scribe, Moses 
P. Church, Treasurer, James Buck, J. W. 

Number of members Dec. 31, 1876, 116. 

Invested funds, 1296.03. 



Colby Encampment, JVo. 18. 
Colby Encampment, No. 18, was instituted at Skowhegan, Sept. 
13, 1870, by Wm. H. Smith, Grand Patriarch, assisted by other 
Grand Officers. The charter members were James Colby, C. C. 
Mason, S. W. Steward, T. L. Bradford, Marion Mills, Geo. A. 
Downing, 0. A. Priest, J. H. Knox, Lyman Reed, James W. 
Sherrin, and A. M. Ward. 

At the annual session of the Grand Encampment, Aug. 9, 1876, 
a petition was received, asking for change of name to Parmenas 
Encampment, No. 18, signed by officers and members of the En- 
18 



274 HISTORY OF 

campment ; in accordance with the request, the change was made. 
Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 43. 
Invested funds, $195.86. 



Portland Encampment y No. 19. 

Portland Encampment, No. 19, was instituted at Portland, Jan- 
uary 4, 1873, by Charles H. Rich, Grand Patriarch, assisted by 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe, Charles B. Nash, Grand Treas- 
urer, F. T. Littlefield, Grand Sentinel, and others. The charter 
members were Albro E. Chase, Frederick A. Gage, Samuel H. 
Doten, John H. Russell, Israel Hicks, Augustus H. Prince, William 
Hennessy, Albert S. Quincy, Frank H. Cushing, Joseph H. Went- 
worth, George. H. Walden, Joseph K. Merrill, Augustine D. Smith, 
Orin B. Whitten, Franklin H. Morse, Ansel R. Doten, George R. 
Shaw, Charles C. Bedlow, James E. Haseltine, Francis A. Smith, 
and Robinson Williams. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 145. 

Invested funds, $1,873.47. 

Birigo Encampment, No. 7. 

Dirigo Encampment, No. 7, was instituted at Kittery, March 17, 
1874, by W. E. Pressey, G. P., assisted by A. D. Smith, G. S. 
W., N. G. Cummings, G. Scribe, J. N. Read, G. Rep. J. W. 
Sargent, G. Rep. and others. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Geo. Manent, C. P., A. H. Purinton, H. P., Geo. 0. Wilson, 
S. W., Aug. Stevens, Scribe, Wm. H. Locke, Treasurer, Daniel 
P. Riley, J. W. 

This was the first Encampment to which the number of a defunct 
Encampment was assigned. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 47. 
Invested funds, $100.80. 

Sandy River Encampment, No. 9. 

Sandy River Encampment, No. 9, was instituted at Farmington, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 275 

April 3, 1874, by W. E. Pressey, G. P., assisted by A. D. Smith, 
G. S. W., N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe, 0. G. Douglass, G. J. 
W., J. N. Read, G. Rep. and others. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

E. I. Merrill, C. P. ; A. H. S. Davis, H. P., J. A. Richards, S. 
W., H. H. Richards, Scribe, J. J. Linscott, Treasurer, J. W. 
Averill, J. W. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 23. 

Invested funds, $24.51. 



Pejepscot Encampment, No. 8. 

Pejepscot Encampment, No. 8. was instituted at Auburn, April 
10, 1874, by W. E. Pressey, G. P., assisted by the Officers of the 
Grand Encampment, and others. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

John Read, C. P., C. C. Frost, H. P., Seth P. Miller, S. W., 
Fred Kelley, Scribe, I. A. Johnson, Treasurer, J. S. Parker, J. W. 

This Encampment started with twenty-five charter members. 
Twenty-four applications for membership were received on the eve- 
ning of institution. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 141. 



El Dorado Encampment, J\fo. 20. 

El Dorado Encampment, No. 20, was instituted at Dover, April 
14, 1874, by W. E. Pressey, G. P., assisted by A. D. Smith, G. 
S. W., N. G. Cummings, G. Scribe, 0. G. Douglass, G. J. W., J. 
N. Read, G. Rep., and others. The charter members were B. C. 
Lowell, W. D. Blethen, J. N. Robinson, R. D. Gilman, E. G. 
Thompson, C. S. Ham, D. F. Ayer, N. F. Batchelder, G. G. 
Downing, Thomas P. Elliott, and Hiram Davis. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 42. 

Invested funds, $418.06. 



276 HISTOKY OF 

Wildey Encampment, No, 21. 

Wildey Encampment, No. 21, was instituted at Norway, No- 
vember 19, 1874, by A. D. Smith, G. P., assisted by N. S. Morse, 
G. H. P., N. G. Cummings, G. Scribe, C. B. Nash, G. Treasurer, 
and Joshua Davis, G. J. W. The charter members were W. H. 
Whitcomb, G. P. Young, E. H. Sargent, 0. N. Bradbury, Horace 
Cole, E. E. Denison, and John L. Home. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Osgood N. Bradbury, C. P., George P. Young, H. P., A. C. 
Denison, S. W., W. H. Whitcomb, Scribe, J. L. Home, Treasurer, 
S. W. Sargent, J. W. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 53. 

Invested funds, $363.68. 



Jephthah Encampment, JVo, 3, 

Jephthah Encampment, No. 3, was instituted at Augusta, Sept. 
30, 1875, by 0. G. Douglass, G. P., assisted by Joshua Davis, G. 
S. W., N. G. Cummings, G. Scribe, Geo. A. Drew, G. Marshal, 
and others. The charter members were P. P. Getchell, M. Har- 
den, R. B. Capen, A. L. Brown, J. S. Hobbs, J. A. Fairbanks, C. 
R. Hall, and W. B. Leighton. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

A. L. Brown, C. P., J. W. Toward, H. P., R. B. Capen, S. W., 
M. Harden, Scribe, J. S. Hobbs, Treasurer, W. B. Leighton, J. W. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 33. 

Invested funds, $58.09. 



Somerset Encampment, JVo. 22. 

Somerset Encampment, No. 22, was instituted at Jb airfield, Nov. 
19, 1875. The following Grand Officers were present : 0. G. 
Douglass, G. P., Joshua Davis, G. H. P., N. G. Cummings, G. 
Scribe, C. B. Nash, G. Treasurer, Geo. A. Drew, Grand Marshal. 
The charter members were H. C. Wyman, B. R. Butterfield, John 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 277 

R. Foss, B. R. Rackliff, W. H. Emery, Benjamin Bunker, Simeon 
Merrill. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Simeon Merrill, C. P., B. R. Rackliff, H. P., John R. Foss, S. 
W., W. P. Farnsworth, Scribe, Benjamin Bunker, Treasurer, 
George H. Esty, J. W. 

Number of members. Dec. 31, 1876, 25. 



Aurora Encampment, No, 23* 

Aurora Encampment, No. 23, was instituted at South Paris, 
March 22, 1876, by 0. G. Douglass, Grand Patriarch, assisted by 
the Grand Officers, and others. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

W. J. Wheeler, C. P., G. A. Wilson, H. P., Isaac Rounds, S. 
W., D. S. Knapp, Scribe, T. A. Briggs, Treasurer, A. M. Gerry, 
J. W. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 45. 

Invested funds, 198.01. 



Golden Gate Encampment, No. ZJj,. 

Golden Gate Encampment, No. 24, was instituted at Berwick, 
May 29, 1876, by 0. G. Douglass, Grand Patriarch, assisted by 
the Grand Officers, and others. The charter members were A. B. 
Spencer, Geo. W. McCrillis, Charles C. Wentworth, Leander Babb, 
Wm. F. Libby, Charles H. Home, Charles R. Bragdon, Wm. H, 
Rich, Joseph E. Lord, John C. Hurd, Benj. L. Clark, Frank P. 
Goodrich, Thos. A. Chadwick, Frank Wallingford, and John E. 
Frost. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Joseph E. Lord, C, P«, W. H. Rich, H. P., F. P. Goodrich, S. 
W,, Alvin B. Spencer, Scribe, Charles C. Wentworth, Treasurer, 
Benj. L. Clark, J. W. 

Number of members, Dec. 31, 1876, 34. 

Invested funds, $53.50. 






HISTORY 



OF 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 



ENCAMPMENT BKANCH OF THE ORDER 



GRAND ENCAMPMENT. 



The first organization of a Grand Encampment in Maine took 
place on the 23d of October, 1845, in Portland. 
The minutes read as follows : 

" Agreeably to a notice, issued by the Scribe of a convention of Past Officers 
of the several Encampments in the State, which was held in Portland on the 19th 
of February last, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements, to pe- 
tition the Grand Lodge of the United States for a charter for a Grand Encamp- 
ment for the State of Maine. The following Past Officers appeared, represent- 
ing the following Encampments, viz : 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., P. C. P. ; Eliphalet Clarke, P. C. P. ; 
James Pratt, P. H. P. ; Joseph T. Mitchell, P. H. P. ; Edward 
P. Banks, P. H. P., of Machigonne, No. 1. 

Theophilus C. Hersey, P. C. P. ; Edward Wheeler, Jr., P. C. 
P. ; James N. Winslow, P. C. P. ; Nath'l F. Deering, P. C. P. ; 
Solomon T. Corser, P. C. P. ; David Robinson, Jr., P. H. P. ; 
Charles F. Safford, P. H. P. ; George Sawyer, P. H. P. ; George 
W. Wildrage, P. H. P., of Eastern Star, No. 2. 

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ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 279 

Allen Haines, P. C. P. ; Benj. Plummer, Jr., P. H. P., of Ka- 
tahdin, No. 4. 

David B. Cleaves, P. C. P. ; Joseph Hardy, P. C. P. ; David 
H. Butler, P. H. P., of Hobah, No. 5. George H. Gardner, 
P. C. P., of Sagadahock, No. 6. 

Patriarch Albert Case, R. W. Deputy Grand Sire, presided. 

The credentials of William R. Smith, P. C. P., and Edward 
Fenno, P. H. P., of Sagamore, No. 3, were presented and ordered 
to be placed on file. 

The Deputy Grand Sire then presented the charter, granted by 
the Grand Lodge of the United States, upon the petition of En- 
campments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, which was accepted. The 
Grand Encampment Degree was then conferred upon the following 
Past Chief Patriarchs. — Edward Wheeler, Jr., James N. Winslow, 
Theophilus C. Hersey, Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr., Nath'l F. Deer- 
ing, Eliphalet Clarke, David B. Cleaves, Solomon T. Corser, Allen 
Haines, Joseph Hardy, George H. Gardiner, also upon the follow- 
ing Past High Priests. — David Robinson, Jr., Charles F. Safford, 
David H. Butler, James Pratt, Joseph T. Mitchell, George Sawyer, 
Benjamin Plummer, Jr., George W. Wildrage, Edward P. Banks. 

The Grand Encampment then proceeded to election of officers 
with the following result : 

Theophilus C. Hersey, Grand Patriarch ; James Pratt, Grand 
High Priest ; Allen Haines, Grand Senior Warden ; David B. 
Cleaves, Grand Junior Warden ; Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand 
Scribe; Edward Wheeler, Jr., Grand Treasurer. The Grand 
Officers elect were then installed into their respective chairs. 
George H. Gardiner was appointed Grand Sentinel. 

A committee was appointed to report a constitution and a code 
of by-laws. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. Grand 
Officers and a quorum present. 



280 HISTORY OF 

P. C. P. Deering, from the committee on that subject reported 
a constitution, by-laws, and rules of order for the government of 
the Grand Encampment, which having been read and acted upon 
by sections were unanimously adopted. 

A committee was appointed to report a constitution for the gov- 
ernment of subordinate Encampments. 

Official notice was ordered to be sent to all the subordinate En- 
campments in the State informing them of the organization of this 
Grand Encampment and they were requested, to make all reports 
to this body, in future. 

A committee was appointed to report on the expediency of fix- 
ing upon some uniform Regalia, to be adopted by the members of 
this Grand Encampment. 

A committee was appointed to report a suitable form of charter 
for subordinate Encampments ; also a suitable seal for the Grand 
Encampment. 

The Grand Patriarch, Grand Scribe and Grand Treasurer were 
appointed a committee to hire, for the use of the Grand Encamp- 
ment, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, at a rate of interest 
not exceeding six per cent, per annum. 

The Grand Scribe was directed to pay Deputy Grand Sire Case, 
the expenses, &c, incurred by him in his visit for the purpose of 
organizing the Grand Encampment. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, Nov. 5, 1845. 
A quorum of members not being present, the Grand Encamp- 
ment adjourned to meet at the same place, on Thursday, November 
27th at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



ADJOURNED SESSION. 

Portland, November 27 y 1815. 
Officers present. — Theophilus C. Hersey, Grand Patriarch ; Na- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 281 

thaniel F. Deering, Grand Scribe; Edward Wheeler, Jr., Grand 
Treasurer, and a representation from Machigonne, No. 1, and Eas- 
tern Star, No. 2. The Grand Encampment Degree was confered 
on George F. H. Usley, P. H. P., of Hobah Encampment, No. 5. 

The committee on that subject reported that they had hired of 
Eastern Star Encampment, No, 2, the sum of one hundred dollars 
payable in one year, at six per cent, interest. 

Roport accepted. 

The Finance committee recommended that the compensation to 
be paid to the Grand Scribe for his services, be fixed at fifty dollars 
per annum, and in consideration that the duties of the Grand 
Scribe for the present term will necessarily be very arduous ; they 
recomended that an additional sum of twenty-five dollars be al- 
lowed him. Adopted. 

The committee to whom was referred the duty of reporting some 
uniform Regalia to be worn by the members of the Grand Encamp- 
ment recommended that the following be adopted : 

A Royal Purple Sash, trimmed with yellow metal. 

A Royal Purple Collar, trimmed with yellow metal. 

A Black apron trimmed with yellow metal. 

Report and recommendations adopted. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 

The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 

Present.— Theophilus C. Hersey, Grand Patriarch ; Nathaniel 
F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Edward Wheeler, Jr., Grand Treasur- 
er, and a representation from Machigonne, No. 1 ; Eastern Star, 
No. 2, and Hobah, No. 5. 

The constitution for subordinate Encampments, as reported by 
the committee on that subject, was adopted. 

The Grand Scribe was directed to cause to be panted three 
hundred copies of the Proceedings of the Grand Encampment, 
since its formation including the constitution of the Grand and 
Subordinate Encampments. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



282 HISTOKY OF 

ANNUAL SESSION. 1 

Poktland, May 10, 1846. 
Officers present. — Theophlilus C. Hersey, Grand Patriarch ; 
James Pratt, Grand High Priest ; Allen Haines, Grand Senior 
Warden ; David B. Cleaves, Grand Junior Warden ; Nathaniel 
F. Deering, Grand Scribe; Edward Wheeler, Jr., Grand Treas- 
urer ; George H. Gardiner, Grand Guardian, and a quorum of 
members. 
The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred on the following : 
Reuben D. Roberts, P. H. P., from Machigonne, No. 1 ; Rufus 
Read, P. C. P., and Wm.E. Kimball, P. H. P., from Eastern Star, 
No. 2 ; Wm. R. Smith, P. C. P., Frederick P. Theobold, P. C. P., 
and Edward Fenno, P. H. P., from Sagamore, No. 3 ; Peleg Rush, 
P. C. P., E. St. John Nealley, P. H. P., and Elisha Clarke, P. 
H. P., from Sagadahock, No. 6 ; George Prince, P. C .P., from 
Churchill, No. 7 ; Aaron Hayden, P. C. P., from Border, No. 8. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report alluded to the subject of the 
education of orphan children as now demanding and receiving the 
attention of the Order throughout this and other States, and com- 
mending the matter to the good judgment of the Grand Encamp- 
ment. He called attention to the necessity of taking some meas- 
ures to increase the funds of the Grand Encampment to meet 
current expenses. He recommended that provision be made to 
have the Encampments visited at least once a year by a competent 
member of the Grand Encampment, to be by him instructed in 
the work of conferring Degrees and thus secure greater uniformity 
in the work. 

A petition for a new Encampment at Bath, was presented and 
referred to a committee. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 
Present, the Grand Officers and a quorum of members. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 283 

The Grand Encampment proceeded to election of Officers with 
the following result : 

Allen Haines, Grand Patriarch ; Edward Fenno, Grand High 
Priest; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Senior Warden; Elisha 
Clarke, Grand Junior Warden ; Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand 
Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; William R. Smith, 
Grand Representative. 

The Grand Encampment then closed in the G. E. Degree and 
opened in the R. P. Degree, and the several officers elect were 
duly and formally installed into their respective chairs. 

The Grand Encampment was then closed in the R. P. Degree 
and opened in the G. E. Degree. 

The Grand Officers were empowered to fill the vacancy, if any 
should occur, in the office of Grand Representative. 

The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred upon Geo. W. 
Dam, P. C. P., of Machigonne Encampment, No. 1. 

The committee to whom was referred the petition for a new En- 
campment at Bath, reported adversely, and recommended that the 
petitioners have leave to withdraw their petition. 

Adopted. 

Churchill Encampment, No. 7, at Thomaston, was authorized to 
change their present name, substituting one that they may here- 
after select, upon their giving notice of said change to the Grand 
Scribe of the Grand Encampment, who shall thereupon notify the 
several Subordinate Encampments in the State of the change, and 
of the name substituted. 

The committee on that subject submitted the following report, 
which was accepted, and the recommendations adopted. 

The committee to whom was referred so much of the Grand Patriarch's com- 
munication as relates to uniformity in conferring Degrees, beg leave to report- 
That to them it seems best to divide the State into Districts, as follows : 
Saco and Portland. District, No. I 

Bath and Augusta, " " z 

Bangor and Thomaston, " " 3 

Eastport, " "4 

And that Deputy Grand Patriarchs be appointed by the Grand Patriarch, subject 



284 HISTORY OF 

to the approval of the Grand Encampment, for these several Districts, whose 
duty it shall be to visit the Subordinate Encampments at least once in each term 
— install their officers, and give such instructions in reference to the conferring of 
Degrees as shall tend to secure uniformity in this respect. 

The committee also recommended that the Subordinates be re- 
quired to pay all expenses incurred by Deputies in performing this 
duty. Adopted. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 

The Grand Patriarch made the following appointments of District 
Deputy Grand Patriarchs : 

First District, comprising Saco and Portland, Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., P. C. P.; second District, comprising Augusta and Bath, F. 
P. Tbeobold, P. C. P. ; third District, comprising Bangor and 
Thomaston, George Prince, P. C. P. ; fourth District, comprising 
Eastport, Aaron Hayden, P. C. P. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 8 o'clock, to-morrow 



Thursday, May 7, 8 o'clock, a. m. 

The Grand Scribe was directed to cause three hundred copies of 
the proceedings of the Grand Encampment to be printed and dis- 
tributed. Ten copies to be sent to each Subordinate Encampment, 
and one copy to each Grand Encampment, in the jurisdiction of 
the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE PATRIARCHAL BRANCH OP THE ORDER. 

Initiated and exalted, 29 ; total amount of receipts, $448,37 ; expell- 
ed, 1 ; number of Patriarchs, 418 ; number of Patriarchs relieved, 26 ; 
amount paid for relief, $187.50 ; Past Chief Patriarchs, 15 ; Past High 
Priests, 14. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 285 

SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, November 4, 1846. 

Officers present — Allen Haines, Grand Patriarch ; Edward 
Fenno, Grand High Priest ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Senior 
Warden ; Elisha Clarke, Grand Junior Warden ; Nathaniel F. 
Deering, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer • 
Solomon T. Corser, Grand Sentinel. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred on the following Past Officers : 

John Elliot, P. C. P., Sagadahock, No. 6 ; John C. Tukesbury, 
P. C. P., and Joseph M. Kellogg, P. H. P., Machigonne , No. 1. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his semi-annual report. He said 
that all the Encampments in the State had increased their mem- 
bership, except Churchill, No. 7. 

He had issued a dispensation for an Encampment at Gardiner, 
to be called " Cobboseecontee Encampment, No. 9." He stated 
that there was a deficiency in the funds, for a part of which, it 
would be necessary to make provision for at this session. 

On recommendation of the Finance committee, the Grand Scribe 
and Grand Treasurer were authorized to obtain a loan, not to ex- 
ceed one hundred and fifty dollars, and pay the lesser liabilities of 
the Grand Encampment. 

A charter was granted to Cobbosseecontee Encampment, No. 9. 

The committee appointed at a former session to procure a form 
of charter for Subordinates, presented a charter which they had 
caused to be prepared, the expense of which is sixty-five dollars. 

Adopted. - 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 2i o'clock, P. M. 



2| o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon P. H. P., Issacher Snell, 
Jr., of Sagamore, No. 3. 

The Grand Patriarch was directed to appoint a committee of 



286 HISTORY OF 

three members to visit Churchill Encampment, No. 7, and " inves- 
tigate the nature of its difficulties ; and if in their opinion the En- 
campment cannot be resuscitated, the Grand Patriarch is authorized, 
on receiving a report to that effect, to remove the location of said 
Encampment, or withdraw its charter, as he may deem advisable." 

The committee on Pay Roll reported that Sagadahock Encamp- 
ment, No. 6-, was entitled to $5.00 ; Sagamore Encampment, No. 
3, was entitled to $6.50 ; Katahdin Encampment, No. 4, was en- 
titled to $6.50. Report accepted. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number initiated and exalted, 57 ; total amount of receipts, $1,125,17 ; 
total amount of dues paid Grand Encampment, $69.70 ; number admitted 
by card, 2 ; number of deaths, 2 ; whole number of members, 466. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 5, 1847. 

Officers present— Allen Haines, Grand Patriarch ; Benj. Kings- 
bury, Jr., Grand Senior Warden ; Elisha Clarke, Grand Junior 
Warden ; Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, 
Grand Treasurer; William E. Kimball, Grand Sentinel, pro tern. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following 'Past Officers : 

Nathan Mayhew, P. H. P., Machigonne, No. 1 ; Luther L. 
Goodwin, P. C. P., Hobah, No. 5 ; Thomas S. Robinson, P. II. P., 
Sagamore, No. 3 ; Samuel Rolfe, P. H. P., Eastern Star, No. 2 ; 
Joseph A. Cooledge, P. C. P., Border, No. 8 ; Thomas S. Bowles, 
P. H. P., Sagadahock, No. 6; George W. Bachelder, P. C. P., 
Sagamore, No. 3 ; Charles Snell, P. C. P., Katahdin, No. 4. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report stated that though the 
finances had improved, the Grand Encampment was still in debt. 
He stated that the past had been a year of general prosperity. 
Two new Encampments had been instituted, Cobbosseecontee, No. 
9, at Gardiner, and Excelsior, No. 10, at Belfast. To the first of 
these a charter has been voted and issued. The second was or- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 287 

ganized under a dispensation. He expressed a decided disappro- 
bation of the conduct of Churchill Encampment, No. 7. 

A charter was granted to Excelsior Encampment, No. 10. 

The Grand Encampment proceeded to election of Officers for 
the ensuing year with the following result : 

Ben. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Patriarch ; Elisha Clarke, Grand 
High Priest ; Eliphalet Clark, Grand Senior Warden ; Luther L. 
Goodwin, Grand Junior Warden ; Nath'l F. Deering, Grand 
Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; F. P. Theobold, 
Grand Representative. 

The Grand Officers elect were then installed. 

The following amendment to the constitution was adopted by a 
vote of 12 to 1. 

" There shall be one regular session in each year, which shall be held on the 
Wednesday preceding the first Thursday in May." 

The committee on Pay Roll reported that there was due to the 
members, for travel and attendance this session, as follows : 

Sagamore, No. 3, $6.50 ; Katahdin, No. 4, $6.50 ; Hobah, No. 5, $2.00 ; Saga- 
dahock, No. 6, $5.00; Border, No. 8, #3.00; Cobbosseecontee, No. 9, $6.50, 
Accepted, and ordered to be paid. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. ♦ 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number initiated, 38 ; total amount of receipts, $931,02 ; total amount 
dues paid Grand Encampment, $93.80; number withdrawn by card, 17; 
number of deaths, 2 ; expelled, 1 ; number of members, 501 ; number of 
Patriarchs relieved, 45 ; amount paid for relief, $575.00 ; number of P. C, 
P.'s, 31 ; number of P. H. P.'s, 31. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 3, 1848. 

Officers present — Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Patriarch ; Elisha 

Clarke, Grand High Priest ; T. C. Hersey, Grand Senior Warden, 

pro tern. ; John Elliot, Grand Junior Warden, pro tern. ; Nath'l 

F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; 



288 HISTORY OF 

F. P. Theobold, Grand Representative ; William E. Kimball, Grand 
Sentinel. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following Past 
Officers : 

Joseph R. Brazier, P. C. P., Samuel R. Leavitt, P. C. P., 
Henry C. Lovell, P. H. P., Cyrus Cummings, P. H. P., Machi- 
gonne, No. 1 ; William 0. Beckett, P. C. P., Benj. C. Fernald, 
P. H. P., Eastern Star, No. 2 ; William T. Johwon, P. H. P. 
Sagamore, No. 3 ; S. B. Straw, P. C. P., Oliver S. Beale, P. IL 
P.. Katahdin, No. 4; George W. Nichols, P. C. P., James M. 
Deering, P. C. P., Joseph Fountain, P. H. P., Hobah, No. 5 ; A. 
J. Fuller, P. C. P., Sagadahock, No. 6 ; David W. Lothrop, P. H. 
P., Excelsior, No. 10 ; Nathan Emerson, P. C. P., Alamoosic, 
No. 11. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M. 



7 o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. - 
The Grand Patriarch submitted his annual report. 
He stated that the following Encampments had been instituted 
under dispensations : 

Alamoosic, No. 11, at Orland ; Oldtown, No. 12, at Oldtown ; 
Worombus, No. 13, at Lewiston Falls. 

He stated that Churchill Encampment, No. 7, had surrendered 
its charter and books. 

Charters were granted to Alamoosic, No. 11, Oldtown, No. 12, 
and Worombus, No. 13. 

The following Officers were elected and installed for the ensuing 
year : 

Edward P. Banks, Grand Patriarch ; Oliver S. Beale, Grand 
High Priest; John Elliot, Grand Senior Warden ; D. W. Lothrop, 
Grand Junior Warden ; Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Benj. 
C. Fernald, Grand Treasurer ; F. P. Theobold, was elected Grand 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 289 

Representative. William E. Kimball, was appointed Grand 
Sentinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 8 o'clock, to-morrow 
morning. 

8 o'clock, a. m., May 4. 

The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 

The committee on the State of the Order reported on an appeal 
of Patriarch Joseph A. Homan, from the action of Sagamore En- 
campment, No. 3, and recommended the adoption of the following 
resolution : 

Resolved, That a Subordinate Encampment has no authority for rescinding a 
ballot, whereby a brother is elected a member, unless it be shown that objections 
exist to the applicant elect, which disqualify him for admission under the Consti- 
tution of Subordinates, or the law of the Grand Lodge of the United States, reg- 
ulating admissions to the Order. 

Adopted. 

The committee on Pay Roll reported that there was due to the 
several Encampments represented in this Grand Encampment, as 
follows : 

Sagamore, No. 3, $6.50; Katahdin, No. 4, $6.50; Hobah, No. 5, $2.00; Saga- 
dahock, No. 6, $5.00 ; Cobbosseecontee, No. 9 ; Excelsior, No. 10, $6.50 ; Ala- 
moosic, No. n, $6.50. Adopted, and ordered to be paid. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to 7J o'clock, P. M. 



7| o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 
The Grand Patriarch appointed the following District Deputy 
Grand Patriarchs : 

District No. 1, Samuel R. Leavitt, P. C. P. ; District No. 2, 
A. J. Fuller, P. C. P. ; District No. 3, Ansel Lennan, P. C. P. ; 
District No. 4, Edward Ilsley, P. C. P. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

For the term ending Dec. 31, 1847. Number of Encampments, 12 ; in- 
19 



290 HISTORY OF 

itiated, 115; admitted by card, 19; withdrawn by card, 28 ; deaths, 3; 
expelled, 1; suspended, 9; rejected, 1 ; receipts, $2,204.16; dues to 
G-rand Encampment, $240.70. 

Abstract from Annual Relief Returns for the year ending Dec. 31, 1847. 
Number of members, 585 ; relieved, 42; buried, 3 ; widowed families re- 
lieved, 1 ; paid for relief of Patriarchs, $596,00 ; paid for relief of wid- 
owed families, $42.12; paid for burying the dead, $50.00; total amount, 
$688.12 ; P. C. P.'s, 45 ; P. H. P.'s, 47. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, May 2, 1849. 
Officers present — Edward P. Banks, Grand Patriarch ; Oliver 
S. Beale, Grand High Priest ; John Elliot, Grand Senior Warden ; 
G. W. Batchelder, Grand Junior Warden, pro tern. ; Nath'l F. 
Deering, Grand Scribe ; Benj. C. Fernald, Grand Treasurer ; Wil- 
liam E. Kimball, Grand Sentinel. 

The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred upon the follow- 
ing Past Officers : 

C. C. Harmon, P. C. P., Z. K. Harmon, P. C. P., R. W. Ken- 
nard, P. H. P., Albert Wood, P. H. P., of Machigonne, No. 1 ; 
F. C. Moody, P. C. P., J. H. Williams, P. H. P., E. P. Gerrish, 
P. H. P., of Eastern Star, No. 2 ; E. P. Butler, P. H. P., of Ka- 
tahdin, No. 4 ; David Owen, Jr., P. C. P., of Sagadahock, No. 
6 ; T. G. Saunders, P. C. P., A. W. Trussell, P. C. P., of Ala- 
moosic, No. 11 ; Nelson B. Rynolds, P. H. P., of Worombus, 
No. 13 ; David Norton, P. C. P., of Oldtown, No. 12. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report recommended that the office 
of Deputy Grand Patriarch be abolished, and that the whole duty 
devolve, as formerly, on the Grand Patriarch. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned to the next day at TJ o'clock, 
P.M. 



May 3, 7i o'clock, p. m. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 
The following Officers were elected and installed : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 291 

Oliver S. Beale, Grand Patriarch ; John H. Williams, Grand 
High Priest ; Charles F. Safford, Grand Senior Warden ; Samuel 
R. Leavitt, Grand Junior Warden ; Nath'l F.. Peering, Grand 
Scribe ; Franklin C. Moody, Grand Treasurer. 

The constitution of the Grand Encampment was changed, so that 
the annual meetings should be held on the second Tuesday of July. 

The committee on the State of the Order in their report, recom- 
mended the passage of the following resolution, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That the office of D. D. Grand Patriarch be abolished. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

[The records of the Proceedings of the Grand Encampment for the years 1850, 
'51, '52, and '53 were destroyed in 1853, by the burning of the Custom House in 
Portland, where they were deposited by the Grand Scribe, Benj. Kingsbury, Jr.] 



TENTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, July 11, 1854. 

Officers present — Cyrus Cummings, Grand Patriarch ; Russell 
Lampson, Grand High Priest ; Andrew S. Sawyer, Grand Senior 
Warden ; Geo. W. Nichols, Grand Junior Warden, pro tern. ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Micah Sampson, Grand 
Treasurer. 

The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred on the following : 

Richard K. Hunt, P. C. P., Ira Stilson, P. C. P., Charles W. 
Smith, P. C. P., Peter Duran, P. H. P., of Machigonne, No. 1 ; 
Wm. Hartshorn, P. H. P., of Eastern Star, No. 2 ; Benj. A. 
Keyes, P. C. P., of Alamoosic, No. 11. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his annual report. He stated 
that in accordance with instructions he had written to the Scribes 
of Sagadahock, No. 6, Border, No. 8, and Cobbosseecontee, No. 
9, requiring them to surrender their charters, books, papers, &c, 
they having been declared forfeited by this Grand Encampment. 

He stated that in answer to an inquiry of Katahdin Encamp- 
ment, No. 4, whether they had the right to abolish all weekly ben- 



292 HISTORY OF 

efits, and only pay in cases of actual destitution, he had replied 

that the Subordinates had full control of the subject. 
The following Officers were elected and installed : 
Seth B. Benson, Grand Patriarch ; Geo. W. Nichols, Grand 

High Priest ; Sewell C. Strout, Grand Senior Warden ; Wm. 

Hartshorn, Grand Junior Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 

Scribe ; Micah Sampson, Grand Treasurer ; Nath'l F. Peering, 

was elected Grand Representative. 

The following amendment to the constitution, laid on the table at 

the last session, was called up and adopted : 

Resolved, That the constitution be so amended as to provide that the Grand 
Encampment may determine by vote, at each Annual Session, where the next 
session shall be held. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the next session of this Grand Encampment be held at such 
place as the Grand Lodge shall elect for the session of that body, and this reso- 
lution shall be in force until otherwise ordered. 

The committee on the Grand Patriarch's communication in their report, rec- 
ommended that the Grand Patriarch be authorized to issue a charter for a new 
Encampment at Kennebunk, provided he should be of the opinion that it is ex- 
pedient to do so. The committee expressed the opinion that Encampments have 
no right to refuse to pay benefits to sick Patriarchs, although they have a right to 
fix the amount, which, however, should not be nominal, but substantial, regulated 
according to the location of the Encampment, the expense of living, &c. 

The report was adopted. 

On motion of Patriarch Williams, 

Resolved, That the Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, be instructed to represent to that body, and use his exertions to obtain 
relief from our existing liability to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Bangor, July 10, 1855. 
Officers present — Seth E. Benson, Grand Patriarch ; Nath'l F. 
Deering, Grand High Priest, pro tern. ; Nathan Emerson, Grand 
Senior Warden, pro tern. ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe. 
The G. E. Degree was conferred on the following : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 



293 



E. P. Baldwin, P. C. P., of Hobah, No. 5 ; J. W. Humphrey, 
P. C. P., L. G. McKenney, P. C. P., Benj. Swett, P. C. P., 
Lemuel Bradford, P. C. P., N. H. Cotton, P. C. P., Cyrus K. 
Ladd, P. H. P., John Rand, P. H. P., Phineas Yeaton, P. H. P., 
of Katahdin, No. 4 ; Alonzo F. Craig, P. C. P., Henry W. Gott, 
P. H. P., of Alamoosic, No. 11. 

The Grand Patriarch made a verbal communication, stating that 
nothing had transpired during the past year requiring a written 
report. 

The following Officers were elected and installed : 

S. B. Straw, Grand Patriarch ; S. J. Lord, Grand High Priest ; 
A. F. Craig, Grand Senior Warden ; M. Gilligan, Grand Junior 
Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, 
Jr., Grand Treasurer. 

Grand Representative Deering reported the proceedings of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, which was ordered on file. 

On motion of Grand Representative Deering, 

Resolved, That all persons who are under suspension, or who may hereafter be 
suspended from Subordinate Encampments, for non-payment of dues, or in any 
case when the suspension is for an indefinite time, may be expelled by a vote of 
the Encampment, without trial or notice, provided they do not within one year 
from the time of their suspension apply to be re-instated and pay up all ar- 
rearages then due. 

[In 1870, the Grand Lodge of the United States, passed a law that a member 
" cannot be expelled from the Order on account of being in arrears for dues." 
Digest 1766.] 

An amendment to the constitution proposed at the last session by 
Patriarch Joseph Burton, was called up and adopted, as follows : 

Resolved, That the constitution of this Grand Encampment be so amended that 
the Annual Session shall hereafter be held on the second Tuesday of August. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 11 ; initiations, 6 ; withdrawn by card, 1 ; 
re-instated, 1; suspended, 3; amount of relief, $30.00; invested funds, 
$2000.00 ; number of members, 329, 



294 HISTORY OF 

ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 12, 1856. 

S. B. Straw, Grand Patriarch, presided. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred on the following : 

Stephen I. Abbott, P. C. P., Edward P. Burnham, P. C. P., 
David S. Sands, P. C. P., Mark Prime, P. C. P., Joshua Chad- 
bourne, P. C. P., Charles Nutter, P. C. P., of Hobah, No. 5 ; J. 
W. Sargent, P. C. P., of Agamenticus, No. 15. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report, stated that Agamenticu3, 
No. 15, has asked permission to change their location to Kenne- 
bunk, which request he recommended be granted. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved That the Patriarch who shall be elected to the office of Grand Rep- 
resentative be required, previous to election, to pledge himself to pay the Repre- 
sentative tax to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

Resolved, That Agamenticus Encampment, No. 15, is hereby authorized to 
change its location to Kennebunk. 

The following Officers were elected and installed : 
J. P. Adams, Grand Patriarch ; Benj. C. Fernald, Grand High 
Priest ; Joshua Chadbourne, Grand Senior Warden ; Charles 
Nutter, Grand Junior Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Scribe; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer. J. P. Adams, 
was elected Grand Representative. 
The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1857. 
Officers present — Benj. C. Fernald, Grand High Priest ; Charles 
Nutter, Grand Junior Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Scribe and Treasurer. 
The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : 
W. P. Files, P. C. P., Machigonne, No. 1 ; R. P. Ripley, P. 
H. P., Hobah, No. 5 ; A. C. Pray, P. C. P., Worombus, No. 13. 

Patriarch Deering, offered the following : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 295 

Resolved, That the following Subordinates having" neglected to make any re- 
turns to this body for more than two years, have forfeited their charters, and it is 
hereby declared that Sagamore, No. 3 ; Sagadahock, No. 6 ; Border, No. 8 ; 
Cobbosseecontee, No. 9 ; Excelsior, No. 10 ; Mt. Pleasant, No. 14, have no legal 
existence, and that the Grand Patriarch be directed to take immediate measures 
to recover the books, property and papers, of said Encampments, now the prop- 
erty of this Grand Encampment. 

The foregoing resolution was amended by striking out the names 
of " Sagamore," and " Mt. Pleasant " Encampments, and the res- 
olution, as amended, was thereupon unanimously adopted. 

The following Officers were elected and installed : 

Edward P. Burnham, Grand Patriarch ; Nath'l I. Mitchell, 
Grand High Priest ; S. S. Webster, Grand Senior Warden ; Rufus 
P. Tapley, Grand Junior Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned until 9 o'clock, to-morrow 
morning. 



May 12, 9 o'clock. 
The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 
On motion of Patriarch Norton, the following preamble and res- 
olution were adopted : 

Whereas, The office of Grand Representative from this body to the R. W. 
Grand Lodge of the United States, became vacant by the suspension of J: P. 
Adams, in Hobah Encampment ; therefore * 

Resolved, That said office is hereby declared vacant. 

On motion of Grand Scribe Kingsbury, 

Resolved, That the Patriarchs who shall be nominated for election as Grand 
Representative, and shall accept such nomination, are hereby understood to 
pledge themselves, in case of their election, to pay the Representative tax due 
to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

Otis Kaler, was elected Grand Representative. The Grand 
Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 10 ; initiated, 5 ; re-instated, 1 , relieved, 5 ; 
amount of relief, $62.00 ; invested fund, $2000.00 ; number of members, 
211. 



296 



HISTORY OP 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 10, 1858. 

Officers present — E. P. Burnham, Grand Patriarch ; Benj. G. 
Fernald, Grand High Priest ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe 
and Treasurer. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon Rufus Stanley, P. C. P., 
Eastern Star, No. 2. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Edward P. Banks, Grand Patriarch ; Daniel L. Mitchell, Grand 
High Priest ; Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Senior Warden ; Cyrus 
K. Ladd, Grand Junior Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand 
Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer. Daniel L. 
Choate, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed Rufus Stanley, Grand Sentinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OP THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 11; re-instated, 1 ; relieved, 4; amount of re- 
lief, $62.00; invested fund, $2,178.94; number of members, 212. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August, 9, 1859. 

Officers present.— Edward P. Banks, Grand Patriarch ; D. L. 
Mitchell, Grand High Priest ; Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Senior 
Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : Thomas 
P. Sawyer, P. C. P., R. N. Stevens, P. C. P., E. Milliken, P. C. 
P., Joshua F. Deering, P. H. P., Hobah, No. 5. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report, stated that the Encampment 
Branch of the Order in this State had been in a languishing condi- 
tion for several years past. No improvement had taken place since 
the last Annual Session. He stated that the finances were in bet- 
ter coniition than they had been for years; all bills were paid, and 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 297 

there was a small balance on hand. He recommended that the 
Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
be instructed to propose that each local Grand Body, be required 
to pay the expenses of its own Representative, or remain unrepre- 
sented. 

The charter, books and papers surrendered by Agamenticus En- 
campment, No. 15, were accepted. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Mark Prime, Grand Patriarch ; Wm. E. Kimball, Grand High 
Priest ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Senior Warden ; Elias Milliken, 
Grand Junior Warden ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed Joseph F. Deering, Grand Sen- 
tinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments reported, 4 ; initiated, 1 ; withdrawn by 
card, 1 ; suspended, 11 ; number relieved, 8 ; amount of receipts, $127. 
65 ; number of members 153. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 14, 1860. 

Officers present. — Mark Prime, Grand Patriarch ; Newell 
Blake, Grand High Priest, pro tern ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Sen- 
ior Warden ; Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Junior Warden, pro tern. ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his report. He stated that the 
amount of work done the past year has been small, though it 
showed an increase over last year, and a better condition of the 
Patriarchal branch than many anticipated. He announced the 
death of Cyrus Cummings, Past Grand Patriarch. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Edward P. Gerrish, Grand Patriarch ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand 



298 HISTORY OF 

High Priest ; Newell Blake, Grand Senior Warden ; William C. 
Beckett, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Charles Nutter was elected 
Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed George W. Nichols, Grand Sen- 
tinel. 

The committee on that subject submitted the following report, 
which was accepted : 

To the R. W. Grand Encampment of Maine : 

The committee to whom was referred that part of the Grand Patriarch's com- 
munication relative to the decease of Past Grand Patriarch Cyrus Cummings, 
beg leave to report the following resolutions, embodying what they trust to be the 
feelings and sympathies of this Grand Encampment : 

Whereas, This Grand Encampment, since its last session, has lost from its 
midst the venerable Past Grand Patriarch Cyrus Cummings, who had served 
faithfully in important stations in this Grand Encampment, particularly as Grand 
Patriarch ; therefore, 

Resolved, That in the decease of this venerable and respected Patriarch, the 
institution of Odd Fellowship, and particularly the Patriarchal branch, has ex- 
prienced a loss which is severely fe t by us all — that we deeply sympathize with his 
family and friends, as well as with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, among 
which he has long stood conspicious for his zeal and fidelity to the Order. 

Resolved, That this action of the Grand Encampment be entered on the records, 
and that the Grand Scribe be directed to send a copy of these resolutions to the 
widow of our deceased brother. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Nath'l F. Deering, 
Edward P. Banks, 
Daniel L. Choate. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 4 ; initiated, 14 ; reinstated, 5 ; suspended, 
2; number relieved. 8; annual receipts, $502.00; number of members, 
160. 

ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 14, 1861. 
Officers present — Edward P. Gerrish, Grand Patriarch ; Cyrus 
K. Ladd, Grand High Priest ; Newell Blake, Grand Senior War- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 299 

den ; William C. Beckett, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. 
Banks, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon Louis Bunce, P. C. P., 
Machigonne, No. 1 ; Henry W. Hersey, P. H. P., Eastern Star, 

No. 2. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his annual report. 
Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Wm. C. Beckett, Grand Patriarch ; Rufus Stanley, Grand High 
Priest ; Louis Bunce, Grand Senior Warden ; Henry W. Hersey, 
Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Subordinate Encampments be required to pay this Grand 
Encampment an assessment of twenty cents on each member of their Encamp- 
ments, semi-annually, which is to be instead of the assessment and tax required 
by the constitution of this Grand Encampment. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 4; initiated, 4; deaths, 1 ; number of mem- 
bers, 163. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 12, 1862. 

Officers present — William C. Beckett, Grand Patriarch ; Rufus 
Stanley, Grand High Priest ; Louis Bunce, Grand Senior War- 
den ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred upon the fol- 
lowing : 

Charles H. Rich, P. C. P., W. S. Philbrook, P. C. P., Ira Stil- 
son, P. C. P., John Bond, P. H, P., N. G. Cummings, P. H. P., 
of Machigonne, No. 1; A. B. Hilton, P. H. P., of Eastern Star, 
No. 2. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his report. He stated that Ka- 



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tahdin, No. 4, had resumed work ; owing to the financial condition 
of this Encampment, he decided, upon the advice of some of the 
Grand Officers to remit 50 per cent, of its dues. He stated that 
Mt. Pleasant, No. 14, had also resumed work, and after hearing a 
statement of their affairs he decided to remit all past dues to Jan- 
uary 1st, 1862. He said that Grand Representative Nutter, hav- 
ing resigned, he appointed to fill the vacancy, Ira C. Doe, P. C. P., 
of No. 5. 

The committee to whom was referred the communication of the 
Grand Patriarch, in their report recommended that the action of 
the Grand Patriarch in remitting the dues of Katahdin, No. 4, and 
Mt. Pleasant, No. 14, be approved. 

Adopted. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Wm. C. Beckett, Grand Patriarch ; Rufus Stanley, Grand High 
Priest ; Newell Blake, Grand Senior Warden ; N. G. Cummings, 
Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

Ira C. Doe, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed John Bond, Grand Sentinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 6 ; initiated, 7 ; suspended, 8 ; number re- 
lieved, 5; deaths, 2; amount of relief $186.00 ; annual receipts, $534.- 
00 ; number of members, 188. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1863. 
Officers present — Wm. C. Beckett, Grand Patriarch ; Rufus 
Stanley, Grand High Priest ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Senior War- 
den, pro tern.; N. G. Cummings, Grand Junior Warden; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred upon Nathaniel 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 301 

Redlon, P. C. P., Edmund Black, P. C. P., Machigonne, No. 1. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his annual report. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Rufus Stanley, Grand Patriarch ; 1ST. G. Cummings, Grand 
High Priest ; David Norton, Grand Senior Warden ; N. I. Mitch- 
ell, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

P. G. Patriarch Burnham offered the following resolution, which 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Grand Encampment of Maine, that it 
would promote the interest of the Encampment branch of the Order to have the 
number necessary to form a quorum in a Subordinate Encampment reduced from 
seven to five members, and the Grand Lodge of the United States be requested 
to change the laws accordingly. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OP THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments 6 ; initiated, 3 ; withdrawn by card, 2 ; sus- 
pended, 4; deaths, 1 ; amount of relief, $74.00 ; annual receipts, $567.00 ; 
number of members, 182. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, Aug. 9, 1864, 

Officers present — Rufus Stanley, Grand Patriarch ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand High Priest ; J. N. Read, Grand Senior War- 
den, pro tern. ; N. I. Mitchell, Grand Junior Warden; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon A. M. McKenney, P. C. 
P., Simon M. Sawyer, P. C. P., J. A. Fenderson, P. H. P., C. J. 
Schumacher, P. H. P., Machigonne, No. 1. 

The Grand Patriarch made a verbal report stating that he had 
nothing to communicate, which would require action of the Grand 
Encampment. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Nath'l G. Cummings, Grand Patriarch ; Benjamin C. Eernald, 



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Grand High Priest ; James N. Read, Grand Senior Warden ; A. 
M. McKenney, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand 
Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

Ira C. Doe, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed C. H. Rich, Grand Sentinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Saco, August 8, 1865. 

Officers present — Nath'l G. Cummings, Grand Patriarch ; Cy- 
rus K. Ladd, Grand High Priest, pro tern ; James N. Read, Grand 
Senior Warden ; A. M. McKenney, Grand Junior Warden ; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon John H. Hall, P. C. P., 
F. H. Morse, P. H. P., Machigonne, No. 1 ; M. P. Church, P. 
C. P., Tho's P. Sawyer, P. C. P., Hobah, No. 2. 

The Grand Patriarch, in his report, stated that there had been 
a slight gain in membership the past year. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Patriarch ; James N. Read, Grand 
High Priest; A. M. McKenney, Grand Senior Warden ; John H. 
Hall, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed Thomas P. Sawyer, Grand Sen- 
tinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, Aug. 14, 1866. 
Officers present — Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Patriarch ; James N. 
Read, Grand High Priest ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Senior 
Warden, pro tern. ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Junior Warden pro 
tern ; Edward P. Banks Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 303 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon, Charles H. Blake, P. C. 
P., James E. Haseltine, P. C. P., Freedom Nash, P. H. P., 
George H. Walden, P. H. P., Machigonne, No. 1. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report alluded to the burning of 
Odd Fellows Hall in Portland, by reason of which, Machigonne, 
No. 1, and Eastern Star, No. 2, lost all their regalia, working ap- 
paratus and charters. He recommended that new charters be 
granted them free of expense. 

On motion, 

Voted, That charters, free of charge, be furnished Machigonne, No. I, and 
Eastern Star, No. 2, to replace those destroyed by the fire. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

James N. Read, Grand Patriarch ; N. H. Colton, Grand High 
Priest ; Charles Nutter, Grand Senior Warden ; J. E. Haseltine, 
Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

Wm. C. Beckett, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed Geo. H. Walden, Grand Senti- 
nel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 13, 1867. 

Officers present — James N. Read, Grand Patriarch; N. H. 
Colton, Grand High Priest ; A. N. Yeaton, Grand Senior Warden, 
pro tern. ; J. E. Haseltine, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. 
Banks, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : Charles 
B. Nash, P. C. P., Addison Frye, P.C. P., 0. B. Whitten, P. 
H. P., J. K. Merrill, P. H. P., of Machigonne, No. 1; John B. 
Nealley, P. H. P., of Hobah, No. 5. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report stated that the interest in 
the Encampment branch of the Order was manifestly increasing, 



304 HISTOKY OF 

and that it was stronger than for a long time past. He recom- 
mended that a Grand Instructor be appointed, whose duty it shall 
be to see that the work of the Encampment Degrees is conferred 
in a uniform and proper manner. 

The committee to whom was referred the annual communication 
of the M. W. Grand Patriarch, in their report, recommended the 
passage of the following resolutions, which were adopted : 

Resolved, That this Grand Encampment urge upon its subordinates the impor- 
tance of conferring the degrees with the solemnity and dignity which their beauty 
and elevated truths so clearly require, and of carefully avoiding the unseemly 
blending of the ridiculous and sacred together. 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Patriarch, and the R. W. Grand Scribe, be 
authorized in their discretion, to employ a public instructor, to visit the Subordi- 
nate Encampments, provided the funds of the Grand Encampment and the ne- 
cessity of the case may seem to justify them in so doing. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

James N. Read, Grand Patriarch ; N. EL Colton, Grand High 
Priest ; A. N. Yeaton, Grand Senior Warden ; J. E. Haseltine, 
Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Treasurer. 

Patriarch Edward P. Banks, resigned the office of Grand Rep- 
resentative, to which he had been appointed on the resignation of 
Wm. C. Beckett, whereupon the Grand Encampment proceeded to 
fill the vacancy. 

Wm. C. Beckett, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed Geo. H. Walden Grand Senti- 
nel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1868. 
Officers present — James N. Read, Grand Patriarch ; N. H. 
Colton, Grand High Priest ; A. N. Yeaton, Grand Senior War- 
den ; J. E. Haseltine, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, 
Grand Scribe and Treasurer. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 305 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : 

J. H. Wentworth, P. C. P., John T. Small, P. C. P., John F- 
McCallar, P. H. P., C. C. Hayes, P. H. P., of Machigonne, No. 
1 ; C. R. Goodell, P. C. P., W. H. Smith, P. H. P., of Eastern 
Star, No. 2 ; Wyatt Weed, P. C. P., Wm. H. Greenough, P. C. 
P., of Katahdin, No. 4 ; Wm. J. Bradford, P. C. P., of Hobah, 
No. 5 ; B. B. Brown, P. C. P., of Sagadahock, No. 6 ; George 
E. Mariner, P. H. P., of Cummings, No. 16. 

In his report, the Grand Patriarch refers to the general prosper- 
ity of the Order, and congratulates the Grand Encampment on the 
new interest that has been awakened in the Patriarchal Branch of 
the Order in this State. He had issued a dispensation for a new 
Encampment at Saccarappa Village, Westbrook, to be known as 
Cummings Encampment, No. 16. Said Encampment was insti- 
tuted January 4th, 1868. He renewed the recommendation for 
the appointment of a Grand Instructor. He recommended that 
the proceedings of the Grand Encampment be printed. 

The committee to whom the Grand Patriarchs communication 
was referred, in their report, stated that the funds would not war- 
rant the appointment of a Grand Instructor. The committee rec- 
ommended the adoption of the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the action of the M. W. Grand Patriarch, in granting a dispen- 
sation for the institution of Cummings Encampment, No. 16, be approved, and 
that the Grand Scribe be directed to issue a charter for the same. 

Adopted. 
On motion, 

Voted, That a duplicate charter be issued to Sagadahock Encampment, No. 6, 
in place of their charter, which has been lost. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

James E. Haseltine, Grand Patriarch ; A. N. Yeaton, Grand 
High Priest ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Senior Warden ; W. H. 
Greenough, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. Banks, Grand 
Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer. N. G. Cummings, 
was elected Grand Representative. 

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306 HISTORY OP 

The Grand Patriarch appointed Geo. F. Marriner, Grand 
Sentinel. 
The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 7; initiated, 124; admitted by card, 13; 
suspended, 1 ; withdrawn by card, 10 ; re-instated, 4 ; deaths, 3 ; number 
relieved, 20; amount of relief, $300.00 ; amount of receipts, $1,953,00 ; 
invested funds, $6,628.00; number of members, 405. 



ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 10, 1869. 
Officers present — J. E. Haseltine, Grand Patriarch ; Cyrus K. 
Ladd, Grand High Priest, pro tern. ; J. W. Sargent, Grand Senior 
Warden ; Wm. H. Smith, Grand Junior Warden ; Edward P. 
Banks, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Representative ; Geo. F. Marriner, Grand 
Sentinel. 
The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : 

Stephen K. Dyer, P. C. P., Caleb N. Laflg, P. C. P., James I. 
Barbour, P. H. P., Charles L. Jack, P. H. P., of Machigonne, 
No. 1 ; John F. Sherry, P. C. P., A. D. Pearson P. H. P., of 
Eastern Star, No. 2 ; P. Batchelder, P. H. P., of Katahdin, No. 4 ; 
Thos. P. Sawyer, P. C. P., of Hobah, No. 5 ; N. S. Morse, P. C. P., 
of Sagadahock, No. 6 ; G. A. Callahan, P. H. P., of Worombus, 
No. 13; D. W. Babb, P. C. P., W. E. Brown, P. H. P., G. D. 
Brown, P. H. P., of Cummings, No. 16 ; S. F. Parcher, P. C. P., 
C. F. Brackett, P. C. P., S. H. Pillsbury, P. H. P., of York, 
No. 17. 

The Grand Patriarch read his report in which he stated that a 
marked revival of interest was manifested, and the membership had 
been largely increased during the year. Worombus, No. 13, had 
been resuscitated ; York Encampment, No. 17, at Biddeford, had 
been instituted. He recommended that the Grand Representative 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 307 

be instructed to ascertain as definitely as he can, the correct work 
of the Encampment Degrees ; that he submit the same to the 
Grand Officers for their approval, and some Patriarch visit each 
Encampment in the State, and instruct them in the work, and that 
the Grand Patriarch require them to abide by such instructions. 
He hoped the Grand Encampment would take such action as is 
deemed best for restoring the Aprons in the R. P. Degree. 

The Grand Representative in his report, stated that the following 
resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That when a member of an Encampment in good standing, takes a 
withdrawal card from the Subordinate Lodge of which he may be a member, his 
membership in his Encampment shall not be affected thereby for a year from the 
date of his withdrawal card. He shall be considered in good standing in his En- 
campment if he deposits his withdrawal card in a Subordinate Lodge, and be- 
comes a member thereof at any time within a year from the date of his said with- 
drawal card, provided he shall keep his dues paid up in the Encampment during 
that time. 

Resolved, That Grand Patriarchs and their duly commissioned special deputies, 
are hereby empowered, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 
by the Grand Encampments respectively, to confer the Subordinate Encampment 
degrees upon a sufficient number of scarlet degree members of a Subordinate 
Lodge, for the purpose of qualifying them as proper petitioners for a warrant or 
charter for an Encampment within their jurisdiction, at a place where none 
exists. 

REGALIA. 

The following was adopted : 

The Encampment Regalia shall be black Aprons and gloves ; and for Pa- 
triarchs who have attained the Royal Purple Degree, purple collars only, trimmed 
with yellow lace or fringe. Past Chief Patriarchs shall wear purple collars or 
sashes, trimmed as above defined. 

The Regalia for Grand Representatives shall be a collar of purple velvet, not 
more than five inches in width, with a roll of scarlet velvet, the trimmings to be 
of white and yellow metal, and the collar to be united in front with three links, 
to which may be suspended such medal or medals as the member may be entitled 
to wear. 

Past Grand Representatives and the Officers and Past Officers of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, shall wear the Regalia above described for Grand 
Representatives. 

The Jewel of the Grand Sire and Past Grand Sires shall be a medal three in- 
ches in diameter, of yellow metal, on one side of which shall be the coat of Arms 
of the United States, surrounded by an ornamental edging of silver. 



308 HISTORY OP 

Grand Representatives and Past Grand Representatives shall be entitled to 
wear medals of the size and style above, with the Coat of Arms of the State rep- 
resented. 

COLLAR AND JEWELS FOR P. G. PATRIARCHS. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That this R. W. Grand Lodge adopt for Past Grand Patriarchs a 
royal purple collar of velvet, not to exceed five inches in width, trimmed with yel- 
low metal lace fringe and tassels, with crossed crooks and a dove with olive 
branch on the face of the collar, and yellow lace and fringe around, two-thirds the 
length of the collar. 

Resolved, That this R. W. Grand Lodge adopt for Past Grand Patriarchs, a 
jewel of yellow metal of two and a half inches in diameter, rim three-eighths 
inch wide, with double triangle, and rays extending from rim, and the letters P. 
G. P. in the centre of triangle. 

OFFICERS MUST WEAR JEWELS. 

Resolved, That all Officers of Subordinate Lodges and Encampments, shall 
wear the jewels of their office during the transaction of business. 

AID TO NEW ENCAMPMENTS. 

Resolved, That donations made to assist petitioning brothers or Patriarchs by 
the parent, or other Lodges or Encampments, for the purpose of instituting new 
Lodges or Encampments, is allowable, and is in no sense to be regarded as a 
division of the funds of the Lodge or Encampment. 

Resolved, That in the consideration of such action by the parent Lodges and 
Encampments, it is recommended that the Grand Bodies or Grand Officers of the 
jurisdiction be consulted with as to its propriety. 

A charter was granted to York ^Encampment, No. 17, at 
Biddeford. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

J. W. Sargent, Grand Patriarch; A. C. Pray, Grand High 
Priest ; Wm. H. Smith, Grand Senior Warden ; S. F. Parcher, 
Grand Junior Warden ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles 
B. Nash, Grand Treasurer. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed S. H. Pillsbury, Grand Sentinel. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 9 ; initiated, 144; admitted by card, 14; sus- 
pended, 1 ; withdrawn by card, 14; re-instated, 8 ; number relieved, 18 ; 
amount of relief, $194.00 ; amount of receipts, $2,494.56 ; invested funds, 
$7,385.82; number of members, 530. 






ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 309 

TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Biddeford, August 9, 1870. 
Officers present — J. W. Sargent, Grand Patriarch ; Edward P. 
Burnham, Grand High Priest, pro tern. ; Wm. Smith, Grand 
Senior Warden ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. 
Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Charles H. Rich, Grand Junior Warden, 
pro tern. ; R. M. Stevens, Grand Sentinel, pro tern. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred on the following : 

Joseph G. Russell, P. C. P., Israel Hicks, P. H. P., of Machi- 
gonne, No. 1 ; Herbert R. Sargent, P. C. P., W. G. Norris, P. 
C. P., Wm. F. Todd, P. H. P., Peter W. Stoneham, P. H. P., 
of Eastern Star, No. 2 ; John R. Carpenter, P. C. P., Chas. M. 
Littlefield, P. C. P., Cyrus P. Berry, P. H. P.. John W. Adams, 
P. H. P., of Hobah, No. 5 ; John Holt, P. H. P., of Worombus, 
No. 13 ; Jonathan Parker, P. C. P., Moses Harriman, P. C. P., 
Wm. R. Littlefield, P. C. P., Ivory Goodwin, P. C. P., Jerome 
Garland, P. H. P., James H. Buck, P. H. P., of York, No. 17. 

The Grand Patriarch, in his report recommended that the Grand 
Representative be instructed to use his best endeavors to restore 
the apron to the regalia of this Order. He stated that there had 
been no question submitted to him requiring any action of the 
Grand Encampment. 

The Grand Representative in his report, stated that it was en- 
acted that several candidates at the same time may receive the 
Patriarchal and Golden Rule Degrees ; but in no instance, except 
in the opening of a new Encampment can there be more than one 
Patriarch introduced at one time in the Royal Purple Degree. 

The Grand Encampment then proceeded to election and installa- 
tion of Officers, with the following result : 

Wm. H. Smith, Grand Patriarch ; John B. Nealley, Grand 
High Priest ; Phineas Bachelder, Grand Senior Warden ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; 
Jerome Garland, Grand Junior Warden. 0. B. Whitten was 
elected Grand Representative. 



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The Grand Representative was instructed to use all laudable 
endeavors to have the apron restored. 
The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OP THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OP THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 9 ; initiated, 101 ; admitted by card, 1 ; 
withdrawn by card, 4; suspended, 4, rejected, 1 ; deaths, 8 ; number re- 
lieved, 34 ; amount of relief, $588.00; amount of receipts, $2,434.14; in- 
vested funds, $9,126.84 , number of members, 621. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES REPORT. 

The report of the Grand Representative showed the following statistics of the 
Patriarchal branch of our Order : 

Number of Encampments, - 1*050 

" of members, ..... 56,215 

" initiated during the year, ... 9,839 

" of members relieved, .... 3,849 

Amount paid for relief of members, - - • $75,734.02 

Total relief, ------ $92,216.41 

Amount of annual receipts, - - * $335*465.27 

It was enacted that Grand Lodges or Grand Encampments may 
return surrendered charters that have remained unclaimed for not 
less than five years upon the petition of the requisite number of 
qualified brothers, although only one of the petitioners may have 
been a member of said defunct Lodge or Encampment, if it is 
made apparent no more can be obtained. 

It was decided that no Lodge, Encampment or Degree Lodge, 
shall hold any meeting for work or business upon Sunday, except 
for funeral purposes. Subordinate Encampments, when they appear 
in public, were authorized to wear such uniform style of head-dress 
as may be approved by the Grand Patriarch of the jurisdiction. 



TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Bangor, August 8, 1871. 
Officers present — Wm. H. Smith, Grand Patriarch ; John B. 
Nealley, Grand High Priest ; Phineas Batchelder, Grand Senior 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 311 

Warden ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, 
Grand Treasurer ; Jerome Garland, Grand Junior Warden ; O. 
B. Whitten, Grand Representative ; Israel Hicks, Grand Sentinel. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : 

A. D. Smith, P. C. P., of Machigonne, No. 1 ; Edward A. 
Buck, P. C. P., Wm. H. Prescott, P. 0. P., Geo. S. Hall, P. H. 
P., A. R. Greenough, P. H. P., Aaron Rowell, P. H. P., Joseph 
N. Downe, P. H. P., Samuel G. Robinson, P. H. P., of Katahdin, 
No. 4 ; Chas. A. Leavitt, P. C. P., E. L. Sawyer, P. C. P., of 
Hobah, No. 5 ; Arthur Jameson, P. C. P., of Oldtown, No. 12 ; 
Geo. W. Maxfield, P. H. P., of Worombus,No. 13 ; James Colby, 
P. C. P., of Colby, No. 18. 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his report. He stated that he 
had approved the chapeau adopted in convention of the several 
Encampments in this State, held in Portland last November. He 
had issued a dispensation for a new Encampment at Skowhegan, to 
be called Colby, No. 18. 

He recommended that the Grand Encampment provide regalia 
and jewels for its Officers. He had decided that a ballot cannot 
be set aside because a Patriarch voted who was disqualified by 
being in arrears for dues, unless the Patriarch acknowledged that 
he threw the black ball. He gave an interesting account of a visit 
to Boston, on the occasion of laying the corner stone of their new 
Temple. 

The following Officers were elected and installed : 

Phineas Batchelder, Grand Patriarch ; Jerome Garland, Grand 

High Priest ; Charles H. Rich, Grand Senior Warden ; N. G. 

Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; 

Warren E. Pressey, Grand Junior Warden. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That in case a sufficient number of Patriarchs formerly holding mem- 
bership in Agamenticus Encampment, apply to the Grand Patriarch for the resto- 
ration of the charter, with a request that the said Encampment be removed to 
South Berwick, he is hereby empowered to issue his dispensation in accordance 
with their request. 



312 HISTORY OF 

The Grand Patriarch, with some very appropriate remarks pre- 
sented the Grand Encampment with a beautiful Grand Patriarch's 
Jewell, the gift of J. N. Read, P. G. P., which was received, and 
the thanks of the Grand Encampment presented Past Grand Pa- 
triarch Read for his very beautiful present. The recommendation 
of the Grand Patriarch in regard to the purchase of regalia and 
jewels for the use of the Grand Encampment, was not adopted in 
consequence of lack of funds. The decision in regard to setting 
aside a ballot, was approved. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number of Encampments, 10 ; initiated, 235 ; rejected, 6 ; admitted 
by card, 1; withdrawn by card, 5; reinstated, 2; suspended, . 12 ; ex- 
pelled, 2 ; number of members, 836 ; number of deaths, 8 ; number re- 
lieved, 49; total relief, $807.00; amount of receipts. $4,343.55; in- 
vested funds, $11,821.51: 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES REPORT. 

The report of the Grand Representative showed the following statistics : 

Number of Encampments, .... 1,271 

" of members, - - - - 62,770 

" initiated during the year, - - - 10,334 

" of members relieved, .... 4,761 

Amount paid for relief of members, - • • $93,747-53 

Total relief, .... - $113,361.76 

Amount of annual receipts, - - - $342,638.28 

It was enacted that no member of the Order shall, either directly 
or indirectly, use or sanction the use of any of the emblems, the 
name, or any of the titles, or the mottoes, or the initials thereof 
of this Order in the prosecution of any private business or enter- 
prise, nor in any advertisement or public display not authorized by 
some law of the Order. 

It was decided that hereafter the name of any person, while 
living, shall not be used as the chartered name or title for any 
Lodge or Encampment, to be instituted under the immediate juris- 
diction of this Grand Lodge, or under that of any jurisdiction sub- 
ordinate thereto. It was enacted that every brother present in a 



OLD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 313 

Lodge or Encampment is obliged to vote on all questions, unless 
excused by the Lodge or Encampment ; and no particular number 
of votes is necessary so long as a quorum is present. 

The following is a statement of the distinctive stations for Officers 
of Subordinate Encampments, and approved by the Grand Lodge 
of the United States at the last session. 

The position of the Guide shall be in front and to the right of 
the Senior Warden. The Guards of Tent to the right and left of 
the High Priest. The 1st and 2d Watches to the right and left of 
the Chief Patriarch, and the 3d and 4th Watches to the right and 
left of the* Senior Warden. 



TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Lewiston, August 13, 1872. 
Officers present — Phineas Batchelder, Grand Patriarch ; Jos- 
eph K. Merrill, Grand High Priest, pro tern. ; Charles H. Rich, 
Grand Senior Warden ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles 

B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Warren E. Pressey, Grand Junior 
Warden ; 0. B. Whitten, Grand Representative ; Aaron Rowell, 
Grand Sentinel. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following : 

James A. Conley, P. H. P., Daniel W. Loveitt, P. H. P., of 
Machigonne, No. 1 ; Daniel W. Nash, P. C. P., F. T. Littlefield, 
P. C. P., C. H. Mitchell, P. C. P., Wyer Greene, P. C. P., Josh- 
ua Davis, P. H. P., Albro E. Chase, P. H. P., of Eastern Star, 
No. 2 ; F. M. Laughton, P. C. P., of Katahdin, No. 4 ; Clarence 

C. Frost, P. H. P., W. F. Garcelon, P. C. P., 0. G. Douglass, 
P. H. P., of Worombus, No. 13; Wm. A. Mclntire, P. C. P., 
of Agamenticus, No. 15 ; Wm. V. Harmon, P. C. P., F. A. Bet- 
tis, P. C. P., F. H. Grant, P. C. P., of Cummings, No. 16 ; Jos- 
eph H. Dearborn, P. C. P., J. Goldsborough, P. H. P., of York, 
No. 17 ; J. H. Knox, P. H. P.. of Colby, No. 18. 



314 HISTORY OF 

The Grand Patriarch submitted his report. He stated that he 
had restored the charter to Agamenticus Encampment, No. 15, 
now at South Berwick. The Encampment was re-instated March 
19th, 1872. He had decided that a Patriarch not previously 
nominated was eligible to office, on the ground that the provision 
that the nomination should be made on the evening previous to 
election, merely fixed the time when nominations should be in order 
as a matter of convenience, but did not render a nomination nec- 
essary. 

He stated that a petition had been received from Patriarchs re- 
siding in Dover and vicinity, for the establishment of an Encamp- 
ment at that place. 

lie recommended that legislation be had, changing the beginning 
and ending of the fiscal year, to conform to the legislation of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States. 

He also recommended that the Grand Representatives be in- 
structed to use their influence to obtain such legislation as will 
change the term of office in Subordinate Encampments from six 
months to one year. 

The decisions of the Grand Patriarch were approved. The pe- 
tition for an Encampment at Dover was referred to the Grand Pa- 
triarch for the ensuing year. 

The following officers were elected and installed : 

Charles H. Rich, Grand Patriarch ; Warren E. Pressey, Grand 
High Priest ; Edward A. Buck, Grand Senior Warden ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; 
Joseph H. Knox, Grand Junior Warden. 

0. B. Whitten, was elected Grand Representative. 

The Grand Patriarch was authorized to remit the charter fee of 
Mt. Pleasant Encampment, if the Encampment should revive. 

A committee consisting of N. G. Cummings, J. N. Read, and 
J. K. Merrill, was appointed to revise the constitution of the Grand 
Encampment. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 315 



CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OP THE ORDER. 

Initiated, 186; rejected, 11; admitted by card, 3; withdrawn by card, 
6; reinstated, 3; suspended, 9; number of members, 1,005; deaths, 5; 
number relieved, 49 ; amount paid for relief of Patriarchs, $927.00 ; 
amount of receipts, $4,408.05 ; invested funds, $13,220.32. 

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES REPORT. 

The report of the Grand Representative showed that the following decision of 
the Grand Sire was approved : 

No officer or member can enter or retire from an Encampment, when open and 
working as such, without the proper sign &c, (addressing the chair) except the 
Junior Warden in charge of a candidate. 

The report also showed that a committee was appointed to prepare a form for 
public installation and public institution for Subordinate Encampments, who re- 
ported the existing forms for installation and institution, with slight changes, as 
suitable for public installation and institution. The report was adopted. 

It was enacted that Encampments be permitted to wear such style of street 
uniform on parade as may be sanctioned by the Grand Encampment of their re- 
spective jurisdictions ; but under no circumstances shall the funds of an En- 
campment be appropriated to meet any expense incurred thereby. 



SPECIAL SESSION. 

Portland, February 12, 1873. 
Officers present — Charles H. Rich, Grand Patriarch ; Warren 
E. Pressey, Grand High Priest ; J. N. Read, Grand Senior War- 
den, pro tern. ; N. G. Cumming3, Grand Scribe ; E. P. Banks, 
Grand Treasurer, pro tern. ; F. H. Grant, Grand Junior Warden, 
pro tern. ; O. B. Whitten, Grand Representative. 

The following was adopted as a street uniform, to be worn by 
Subordinate Encampments when on parade, viz : 

i. Black frock coat and black pants. 

2. Black chapeau with three plumes, two black and one royal purple, running 
between the black and over the centre of the chapeau. Yellow metal crossed 
crooks on a black rosette, with a purple centre on the left side of the chapeau. 

3. Gauntlet gloves, the hand part black kid — gauntlets to be of royal purple, 
with yellow crossed crooks embroidered on the back of each cuff, which is to be 
51-2 inches wide, and a braid similar to that on the baldric, around each cuff. 

4. A baldric, to be 4 inches wide, trimmed with yellow lace not over 1-2 inch 



316 HISTORY OP 

wide, with one row of gilt braid 1-8 inch wide, with yellow lace fringe across each 
end, and with crossed crooks embroidered upon the front of the baldric. 

5. A purple velvet belt, with two stripes of gilt lace braid through the cen- 
tre at equal distances. 

6. Sword 32 to 38 inches long, yellow metal scabbard, cross hilt, black handle, 
head with tent. 

It was enacted that no Encampment in this jurisdiction be allow- 
ed to appear in uniform, unless the uniform adopted by them be 
first submitted to the M. W. Grand Patriarch and approved by him. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 



TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Skowhegan, August 13, 1873. 
Officers present — Charles H. Rich, Grand Patriarch ; Warren 

E. Pressey, Grand High Priest ; 0. G. Douglass, Grand Senior 
Warden, pro tern. ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. 
Nash, Grand Treasurer ; J. H. Knox, Grand Junior Warden ; 0. 
B. Whitten, Grand Representative ; F. T. Littlefield, Grand Sen- 
tinel. 

The Grand Encampment Degree was conferred on the following 
new members : 

Emery C. Chase, P. H. P., John M. Brown, P. H. P., of Mach- 
igonne, No. 1 ; A. F. Berry, P. C. P., Thomas P. Beals, P. H. P., 
of Eastern Star, No. 2 ; G. A. Davenport, P. C. P., of Katahdin, 
No. 4; E. J. Riker, P. H. P., P. 0. Spinney, P. H. P., George 
A. Drew, P. C. P., of Worombus, No. 13 ; C. H. Thomas, P. C. 
P., S. M. Sawyer, P. C. P., A. H. Weston, P. H. P., G. A. Down- 
ing, P. H. P., of Colby, No. 18. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report alluded to the death of Nath'l 

F. Deering, Past Grand Patriarch who departed this life May 9th, 
1873, and spoke of him as " one who was closely identified with 
the Order in this State, and who always took a deep interest in the 
advancement of its principles. ,, 

He stated that the charter was restored to Mt. Pleasant En- 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 317 

campment, No. 14, January 10th, 1873, on petition of seven of 
the former members. 

The charter fee was remitted. 

He recommended that the Grand Encampment purchase re- 
galias for the use of its officers. 

0. B. Whitten, Grand Representative, tendered his resignation 
of the office, which was accepted. 

The following Grand Officers were elected and installed : 

Warren E. Pressey, Grand Patriarch ; J. H. Knox, Grand 
High Priest ; Augustine D. Smith, Grand Senior Warden ; N. 
G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; 
0. G. Douglass, Grand Junior Warden ; James N. Read, Grand 
Representative ; Charles H. Rich, Grand Representative, to fill 
vacancy. 

The Grand Representatives were instructed to solicit the Grand 
Lodge of the United States to provide by law for the full acknowl- 
edement of the rights of Past High Priests, who have entered 
Grand Encampments by service in that chair. 

The special committee to whom was referred that part of the 
Grand Patriarch's communication relating to the death of Past 
Grand Patriarch Nathaniel F. Deering, reported, giving a brief 
history of his official connection with the institution of Odd Fel- 
lowship, and recommended the passage of the following resolutions : 

Resolved, That in the death of Past Grand Patriarch, Nathaniel F. Deering, 
the Order in Maine loses one of its most respected and able members, who gave 
to the institution many years of zealous and unselfish support. 

Resolved, That the Grand Scribe be directed to appropriate a tablet leaf in the 
printed proceedings to his memory. 

Resolved, That a copy of this report and resolutions be sent by the Grand 
Scribe to the family of our deceased brother. 

Adopted. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

Number initiated, 127 ; rejected, 4 ; admitted by card, 1 ; withdrawn by 
card, 29 ; re-instated, 1 ; deaths, 4; number of members, 1,098 ; number 






318 HISTORY OP 

relieved, 24; amount paid for relief of Patriarchs, $527.00; amount of 
receipts, $2,932.45 ; invested funds, $14,496.50. 

REPORT OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. 

The report of the Grand Representatives showed that the following resolutions 
were adopted : 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge will not interfere with the right of State Grand 
Encampments to determine the question as to whether Past High Priests shall or 
shall not be members of its body. 

Resolved, That a member of any Grand Encampment under the jurisdiction of 
this Grand Lodge, shall, if in good standing, on due proof of such membership 
under existing laws, be entitled to visit any other of the Grand Encampments of 
the Order, anything to the contrary in any local law notwithstanding. 

Resolved, That Grand Encampments in their several jurisdictions, are hereby 
authorized to allow Subordinate Encampments to elect Financial Scribes. 



THIRTIETH ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 12, 1874. 

Officers present — Warren E. Pressey, Grand Patriarch ; J. H. 
Knox, Grand High Priest ; A. D. Smith, Grand Senior Warden ; 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treas- 
urer ; 0. G. Douglass, Grand Junior Warden ; James N. Read 
and Charles H. Rich, Grand Representatives ; D. W. Loveitt, 
Grand Sentinel, pro tern. 
The G. E. Degree was conferred on the following Past Officers : 
W. L. L. Gill, P. C. P., Geo. E. Kenworthy, Jr., P. C. P., 
Geo. H. McKenn.ey, P. C. P., Orlando W. Eldridge, P. C. P., 
JohnF, Liscomb, P. H. P., L. E. Traver, P. H. P., Levi A. 
Leonard, P. H. P., of Machigonne, No. 1 ; Irving J. Brown, P. 
C. P., Wm. K. Neal, P. C. P., Charles H. French, P. H. P., 
Frederick Bucknam, P. H. P., Thomas K. Jones, P. H. P., Asa 

B. Russell, P. H. P., of Eastern Star, No. 2 ; J. T. Seaver, P. 

C. P., Orin Hutchinson, P. C. P., Charles H. Berry, P. C. P., 
C. P. Rhodes, P. H. P., Willett Andrews, P. H. P., of Hobah, 
No. 5 ; W. E. Hogan, P. C. P., of Sagadahock, No. 6.; George 
Manent, P. C. P., Charles Chickering, P. C. P., of Dirigo, No. 7 ," 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 319 

John Read, P. C. P., of Pejepscot, No. 8 ; J. L. Johnson, P. C. 
P., Wm. Pulverman, P. C. P., J. M. Cook, P. C. P., Hiram 
Snow, P. C. P., C. F. Dunlap, P. H. P., Daniel Wood, P. H. P., 
of Worombus, No. 13 ; George G. Wight, P. C. P., H. A. Shorey, 
P. H. P., B. C. Stone, P. H. P., of Mt. Pleasant, No. 14 ; Jo- 
seph A. Hanson, P. C. P., of Agamenticus, No. 15 ; George T. 
Springer, P. C. P., George F. Bailey, P. H. P., of Cummings, No. 
16 ; Charles H. Nelson, P. C. P., Charles Church, P. C. P. 
Charles A. Moody, P. H. P., B. P. Parcher, P. H. P., of York, 
No. 17 ; Frank H. Cushing, P. C. P., Israel Hicks, P. C. P., of 
Portland, No. 19. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report, stated that the Encampments 
were generally in a live condition, and had made a handsome in- 
crease in membership. Four new Encampments had been institut- 
ed during the year, viz. : 

Dirigo, No. 7, at Kittery ; Pejepscot, No. 8, at Auburn ; Sandy 
River, No. 9, at Farmington, and El Dorado, No. 20, at Dover. 

He recommended that some action be taken in the matter of 
State cards. 

He had made the following decisions : 

First. What is the status of a Patriarch in the Encampment, who has taken a 
withdrawal card from his Lodge ? 

Answer. He retains his membership in the Encampment for one year from the 
date of his card in the Lodge — paying of course the usual dues, etc. 

Second. Can an application for membership be withdrawn after it is received 
and referred to the investigating committee ; and if so, what is the method ? 

Answer. Yes. As to the method, by request ; it is unnecessary to ask permis- 
sion of the Encampment before the investigating committee report. After the 
committee report, the application cannot be withdrawn. 

Third. Is Art. II, clause I, of the constitution of Subordinate Encampments 
binding at this date ? 

Answer. No. 

[The reason of this answer appears to be that the clause alluded to was in con- 
travention of the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United States.] 

He suggested that some action be taken in relation to regalia for 
the Officers of the Grand Encampment ; also, that some legislation 
be had in relation to the office of Financial Scribe. 



320 HISTORY OF 

A communication was received from the Grand Secretary of the 
Grand Lodge of Maine, inviting the Grand Encampment to be 
present and participate in the ceremonies of a State celebration of 
the thirty-first anniversary of the introduction of the Order in the 
State, to be held in Portland, August 25, 1874. 

The invitation was accepted. 

Resolutions were adopted earnestly protesting against the mergement of the 
Encampment branch of the Order with the Subordinate Lodges, and instructing 
the Grand Representatives to oppose all attempts at mergement. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That in cases of indefinite suspension for non-payment of dues, the 
matter of re-instatement shall be left to the discretion of the respective Subordi- 
nate Encampments in which such suspensions may take place. 

The price of charge books to Subordinates was fixed at 82.50 
each, and cards 25 cents each. 

The following Grand Officers were elected and installed : 

Augustine D. Smith, M. W. Grand Patriarch ; Nathaniel S. 
Morse, M. E. Grand High Priest ; 0. G. Douglass, R. W. Grand 
Senior Warden ; Nathaniel G. Cummings, R. W. Grand Scribe ; 
Charles B. Nash, R. W. Grand Treasurer ; Joshua Davis, R. W. 
Grand Junior Warden. Charles H. Rich, was elected Grand Rep- 
resentative. 

Charters were granted to Dirigo Encampment, No. 7, at Kit- 
tery ; Pejepscot, No. 8, Auburn ; Sandy River, No. 9, Farming- 
ton, and El Dorado, No. 20, Dover. 

The Grand Patriarch and Grand Scribe, were authorized to issue 
State cards to members applying, at a price of one dollar each. 

The course of the Grand Patriarch in making use of defunct 
numbers for new Encampments, was approved. 

The Grand Patriarch was authorized to appoint an Annalist. 

A committee, consisting of N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe, and 
Joshua Davis, Grand Junior Warden, was appointed to purchase 
collars and jewels for the Officers of the Grand Encampment. 

W. H. Smith, P. C. P., offered the following resolution, which 
was adopted : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 321 

Resolved, That hereafter no Representative shall be admitted to a seat in this 
Grand Encampment, unless he shall produce proper credentials. 

The following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the regulations in regard to street uniform be so changed as to 
allow Encampments to wear fringe or not, as they may desire. 

On recommendation of the Finance committee, the salary of the 
Grand Scribe for the past year was fixed at seventy-five dollars, and 
he was paid thirty-five dollars additional for services the past year. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed the following Officers : 

Frank H. Cushing, Grand Marshal ; Hiram Snow, Grand Sen- 
tinel ; Augustus F. Berry, Deputy Grand Sentinel. 

The appointed Officers were then installed. 

The constitution and by-laws for the Grand Encampment were 
adopted. 

A committee was appointed to District the State, who subse- 
quently reported the following, which was adopted : 

First District, York County ; second District, Cumberland 
County ; third District, Androscoggin, Franklin and Sagadahock 
Counties ; fourth District, Somerset and Kennebec Counties ; 
fifth District, Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed as Annalist, Benjamin Kingsbury, 
Jr., P. G. P., of No. 1. 

The Grand Patriarch and Grand Scribe were authorized to pay 
the Annalist such compensation as they may deem sufficient. 

The Grand Patriarch appointed the following District Deputy 
Grand Patriarchs : 

District No. 1, W. A. Mclntire ; No. 2, A. D. Smith, (ex-off.) ; 
No. 3. 0. G. Douglass, (ex-off.) ; No. 4, N. S. Morse, (ex>off. ) ; 
No. 5, George S. Hall. 

The Grand Patriarch was authorized to remove Colby Encamp- 
ment, No. 18, from Skowhegan to Fairfield, if in his judgment it 
would be for the best interest of all concerned. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 
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322 HISTORY OF 

CONDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

For the year ending July 1, 1874. Number of Encampments, 17 ; ini- 
tiations, 324; rejections, 13; admitted by card, 50 ; withdrawn by card, 
35 ; re-instatements, 2 ; suspensions, 8 ; deaths, 7 ; number of members, 
1,637. 

For the fiscal and statistical year ending December 31, 1873. 

Number of Patriarchs relieved. 101 ; buried, 6 ; number of weeks sickness 
for which benefits were paid, 636 ; amount paid for relief of Patriarchs, 
$1,901.00 ; paid for burying the dead, $85.00; current expenses, separate 
from benefits and charities, $2,639.15 ; amount ot receipts, $7,119.65 ; in" 
vested funds, $16,785.92. 

REPORT OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. 

The Grand Representatives report showed that the following Patriarchal uni- 
form was adopted : 

i. Chapeau. A black chapean with three plumes, two black, with one royal pur- 
ple running between the black and over the center of the chapeau ; gilt crossed 
crooks on a black rosette with a purple center on left side of the chapeau. 

2. Fatigue cap. A black cloth Fatigue cap, of the present navy style, three -in 
ches high, a black leather strap one half inch wide in front, fastened by two round 
gilt buttons having three links, and crossed crooks embossed thereon ; a one and 
three-quarter inch tent-shaped gilt ornament in front; around the lower edge a 
purple velvet band, one inch wide, with a small gilt cord on each edge of the 
band. 

3. Baldric. A pointed Baldric of royal purple velvet, four inches wide, trim- 
med with yellow lace one-half inch wide, with a row of gilt braid one-eighth of 
an inch wide on each edge, with crossed crooks three inches in length, embroid- 
ered on front center ; the Baldric to be worn from the right shoulder to the left 
hip, and under the sword belt. 

4. Gauntlets. Black gloves, with cuffs made of royal purple velvet, five and 
one-half inches wide, with crossed crooks three inches in length, embroidered on 
the back of each cuff, gilt braid one-eighth of an inch wide around the edges ; 
the cuffs to be either connected with the gloves or detached. 

5. Belt. The Belt to be of purple velvet, one and three-quarter inches wide 
with two stripes of gilt lace one quarter of an inch wide, at equal distances from 
the edges of the belt ; two short metal link chains suspended from sliding straps 
on belt, with hook for fatigue cap. 

6. Sword. The sword to be 36 inches in length, black grip, three-link cross bar, 
and tent on head of hilt, of yellow metal ; the scabbard to be of yellow metal, 
embossed or engraved with appropriate emblems with acorn-shaped end. The 
sword to be hung by the chains attached to belt, running to rings placed on the 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 323 

sides of the scabbard two and one-half inches below the top ; the sword when 
worn to be in a perpendicular position. 

7. Coat. The coat to be a plain black coat. 

8. Pants. Plain black pantaloons, usual style. 

9. Officers. The chief captain's uniform shall be as above described, except the 
belt shall be of yellow velvet, with black edges ; and he shall wear on the left 
arm,midway between the shoulder and elbow, a gilt equilateral triangle, with sides 
three and one-half inches in length, on royal purple velvet, with crossed batons 
in the center. 

10. The Subordinate captain's uniform shall be the same as chief captain's, ex- 
cept the center device in the triangle, which shall consist of a single baton. 

11. The uniform of elective Officers of an Encampment and members of a 
Grand Encampment, shall be that prescribed for the R. P. members, with the ad- 
dition of a gilt fringe two inches in length around the outer edge of the Baldric, 
with jewels of office suspended by purple ribbon and gilt bar pins from the left 
breast and equilateral triangle on left arm with emblem of rank embroidered in 
the center. 

12. The uniform of the elective Officers and past elective Officers of a Grand 
Encampment, shall be that prescribed for its members, except that of the three 
plumes to be worn on the chapeau, one shall be purple, one black, and one yellow 
— the latter to be worn in the center ; the gilt fringe on the Baldric shall be two 
and one-half inches wide ; the coat to be doubled breasted with two rows of but- 
tons in front, and a double equilateral triangle on left arm with emblem of rank 
embroidered in the center. 

Resolved^ That none but members of the R. P. Degree shall be permitted to 
wear the street uniform described in the report just adopted. 

The following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That Past High Priests who are members of a Grand Encampment 
may wear the regalia now authorized to be worn by Past Chief Patriarchs. 

Resolved, That the sole right to confer the several Encampment Degrees having 
been granted by this R. W. Grand Lodge to the several Grand Encampments in 
their respective jurisdictions, it is regarded as a solemn compact that cannot be 
recalled or revoked by this Body so long as the said Grand Encampments shall 
keep inviolate their obligations to the R. W. Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That every brother in a Lodge or Encampment, if qualified to vote is 
obliged to vote on all questions, unless excused by the Lodge or Encampment, 
and no particular number of votes is necessary so long as a quorum is present. 

The following extracts are made from the general returns : 

Number of Grand Encampments, - - - - 36 

" " Subordinate Encampments, '- - 1,512 

An increase in one year of, - - - 119 

Number of Encampment members, - - - 80,131 



324 HISTORY OF 

An increase in one year of, - - - 6,168 

Relief by Encampments, - - $150,787.06 

Revenue of Encampments, - - - $478,469.06 

An increase in one year of, ~- - - $15,577.89 



THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION. 

Portland, August 11, 1875. 

Officers present— Augustine D. Smith, Grand Patriarch ; Nath'l 
S. Morse, Grand High Priest ; 0. G. Douglass, Grand Senior 
Warden; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe; Charles B. Nash, 
Grand Treasurer ; Joshua Davis, Grand Junior Warden ; Frank 
H. Cushing, Grand Marshal ; Hiram Snow, Grand Sentinel ; A. 
F. Berry, Deputy Grand Sentinel ; Charles H. Rich, Grand Rep- 
resentative ; James N. Read, Grand Representative. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred on the following Past Chief 
Patriarchs : 

Cyrus P. Hinckley, Charles A. Robinson, Freeman T. Merrill, 
and Stephen Marsh, of Machigonne, No. 1 ; Joseph H. Brackett, 
Geo. T. Means, Daniel D. Chenery, and Henry S. Trickey, of 
Eastern Star, No. 2 ; James R. Foss, and Collins B. Fenderson, 
of Hobah, No. 5 ; George 0. Wilson, and Albert H. Purinton, of 
Dirigo, No. 7 ; Jacob S. Parker, of Pejepscot, No. 8 ; Silas W. 
Cook, and Samuel 0. Wood, of Worombus, No. 13 ; Enos C. 
Chamberlain, and Byron Kimball, of Mt. Pleasant, No. 14 ; 
Charles A. Harvey, of Agamenticus, No. 15 ; H. B. Sproul, of 
Cummings, No. 16 ; R. H. Ingersoll, of York, No. 17 ; Wm. H. 
Ohler, and John H. Russell, of Portland, No. 19 ; 0. N. Brad- 
bury, of Wildey, No. 21 ; and Moses G. Dow, P. H. P. of Eastern 
Star, No. 2. 

The Grand Patriarch, in his report, congratulated the Grand 
Encampment on the prosperity of this branch of Odd Fellowship 
the past year, " showing an increase in membership and interest 
at the meetings, which gives promise of a more brilliant future." 

He had instituted Wildey Encampment, No. 21, at Norway. 

He stated that he had made. the following decisions : 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 325 

i. February 9th, received a communication from D. D. G. P., George S. Hall, 
stating that a candidate had been properly reported by the investigating committee 
of Katahdin Encampment, and a ballot had been taken and but two balls were 
cast, and they were black. And the Chief Patriarch deciding that the brother 
was elected ; the members appealed from his decision. My answer was that the 
ballot was not legal, because the C. P. did not do his duty in not obliging all the 
Patriarchs to vote or be excused by vote of the Encampment ; if he had, the re- 
sult would have been different. 

2. March 2d, I received a communication from Worombus Encampment, No« 
13, asking if they had the right to receive applications from members of the 
Order anywhere within the State, and exalt them to the R. P. Degree. My an- 
swer was no ; a brother must apply to the Encampment nearest his place of resi- 
dence, or obtain permission to pass that, and join one in a more distant part of 
the State. 

3. May 28th, received a communication from Sandy River Encampment, No. 
9, with a number of letters inclosed, asking me the following question : 

"A member having applied for a withdrawal card, is the Encampment obliged 
to grant it, or prefer charges ? " My answer was no. The Encampment can, by 
vote, refuse a withdrawal card ; the Patriarch can then resign his membership, 
and shall be entitled to receive from the Scribe, under seal, a certificate that he 
was in good standing at the time of his resignation. 

He stated that he had visited officially every Encampment in the 
State, and in the most of them had exemplified the work. 

He suggested that the State be re -districted. 

He recommended that a charter be granted to Wildey Encamp- 
ment, No. 21. 

The following Grand Officers were elected and installed : 

0. G. Douglass, M. W. Grand Patriarch ; Charles H. French, 
M. E. Grand High Priest ; Joshua Davis, R. W. Grand Senior 
Warden ; N. G. Cummings, R. W. Grand Scribe ; Chas. B. Nash, 
R. W. Grand Treasurer ; Robert M. Stevens, R. W. Grand Jun- 
ior Warden. William H. Smith was elected Grand Representative. 

The special committee on that subject reported that they had 
procured nine Collars and Jewels for the elective and appointed 
officers at a cost of two hundred and ten dollars. Accepted. 

On the acceptance of the report of the special committee on 
that subject, the State was divided into ten Districts, as follows : 

District, No. 1. — Dirigo, No. 7, Kittery ; Agamenticus, No. 
15, South Berwick. 



326 HISTORY OF 

District, No. 2. — Hobah, No. 2, Saco ; York, No. 17, Bidde- 
ford. 

District, No. 3. — Machigonne, No. 1, Portland ; Eastern Star? 
No. 2, Portland ; Portland, No. 19, Portland ; Cummings, No. 16, 
Saccarappa. 

District, No. 4.— Mt. Pleasant, No. 14, Briclgton ; Wildey, No. 
21, Norway. 

District, No. 5. — Worombus, No. 13, Lewiston ; Pejepscot, No. 
8, Auburn. 

District, No. 6. — Sagadabock, No. 6, at Bath. 

District, No. 7. — Colby, No. 18, Skowhegan. 

District, No. 8. — Sandy River, No. 9, Farmington. 

District, No. 9. — Katabdin, No. 4, Bangor ; Oldtown, No. 12, 
Oldtown. 

District, No. 10.— El Dorado, No. 20, Dover. 

Tbe following resolution was adopted. : 

Resolved, That hereafter, no representative shall be admitted from an Encamp- 
ment until the charter for the same has been granted and the Encampment duly 
constituted. 

Tbe Grand Patriarch made tbe following appointments, whicb 
were confirmed : 

George A. Drew, Grand Marshal ; George S. Hall, Grand Sen- 
tinel ; Frederick Bucknam, Deputy Grand Sentinel. 
Tbe Grand Encampment adjourned to 2 o'clock. 



Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock, p. m. 
Tbe Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment. 
Tbe Grand Patriarch announced the following District Deputy 
Grand Patriarchs, which were confirmed by the Grand Encamp- 
ment : 

District, No. 1.— Jacob S. Ford. 
" " 2.— R. M. Stevens, {ex-off.) 

" " 3.— Charles H. French, {ex-off.) 

" " 4.— E. C. Chamberlain. 

« « 5.— O. G. Douglass, {ex-off.) 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 327 

District No. 6.— N. S. Morse. 
" " 7. — H. A. Little. 

" " 8.— E. I. Merrill. 

" " 9. — Wyatt Weed. 

" " 10.— R. D. GlLMAN. 

The committee on the State of the Order in their report, recommended that 
the first decision of the Grand Patriarch be not approved, in the opinion of the 
committee it was against law ; the committee recommended that the other de- 
cisions be approved. 

Adopted. 

0. B. Whitten, P. G. Rep., gave notice of an intention to ap- 
peal to the Grand Lodge of the United States, from the action of 
the Grand Encampment in approving the second decision of the 
Grand Patriarch. 

A charter was granted Wildey Encampment, No. 21. 

The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OF THE PATRIARCHAL BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

For the year ending, June 30, 1875 : 

Number of Encampments, 18 ; initiations, 428 ; admitted by card, 7 ; 
withdrawn by card, 9 ; reinstated, 4 ; suspended, 21 ; expelled, 1 ; deaths, 
15; members, 2,051. 

For the fiscal and statistical year, ending December 31, 1874 : 

Number of Patriarchs relieved, 98 ; buried, 10; weeks sickness for which 
benefits were paid, 832 ; amount paid for relief of Patriarchs, $3,526.00 ; 
for burying the dead, $60,00 ; current expenses, separate from benefits 
and charities, $4,848.24 ; amount of receipts, $11,846.41 ; invested funds, 
$21,245.29. 

REPORT OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. 

The Grand Representatives in their report stated that the appeal of O. B 
Whitten, P. G. Rep. was dismissed, and it was decided that the Grand Encamp- 
ment of Maine, by sustaining the decision of the Grand Patriarch at its last ses - 
sion, made the law in this jurisdiction to be, that brothers must apply for mem- 
bership to Encampments nearest their place of residence. 

It was also decided that an Atheist is disqualified for election and admission to 
an Encampment. 



THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL SESSION. 

Augusta, August 9, 1876. 
Officers present — 0. G. Douglass, Grand Patriarch ; Charles 



328 HISTORY OP 

H. French, Grand High Priest ; Joshua Davis, Grand Senior 
Warden ; N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, 
Grand Treasurer; "Wift. A. Mclntire, Grand Junior Warden, pro 
tern. ; George A. Drew, Grand Marshal ; George S. Hall, Grand 
Sentinel; Frederick Bucknam, Deputy Grand Sentinel; Charles 
H. Rich, Grand Representative ; William H. Smith, Grand Rep- 
resentative. 

The G. E. Degree was conferred upon the following Past Chief 
Patriarchs. 

Henry P. Cox, Isaac F. Clark, of Eastern Star, No. 2 ; James 
M. Taylor, of Sagadahock, No. 6 ; Daniel W. Marden, of Dirigo, 
No. 7 ; R. M. Mason, C. M. Lander, of Pejepscot, No. 8 ; J. J. 
Linscott, of Sandy River, No. 9 ; E. W. Conant, of Oldtown, No. 
12 ; C. B. Heath, of Worombus, No. 13 ; A. K. Carseley, of Mt. 
Pleasant, No. 14 ; J. S. Ford, of Agamenticus, No. 15 ; S. H. 
Skillings, C. E. Hodgkins, of Cummings, No. 16 ; Wm. H. Han- 
son, Jr., of York, No. 17 ; 0. A. Priest, F. B. Ward, of Colby, 
No. 18 ; A. S. Way, of Portland, No. 19; Thomas P. Elliot, of 
El Dorado, No. 20 ; Freeland Howe, of Wildey, No. 21. 

The Grand Patriarch in his report, stated that four new Encamp- 
ments had been instituted during the year, viz : 

Jephthah, No. 3, at Augusta, Sept. 30th, 1875 ; Somerset, No. 
22, at Fairfield, Nov. 19th, 1875 ; Aurora, No. 23, at South Paris, 
March 22d, 1876 ; Golden Gate, No. 24, at Berwick, May 29th, 
1876. He recommended that charters be granted to the new En- 
campments. 

He stated that no questions had arisen that called for decisions 
from him, other than questions that had been frequently decided, 
and on which the laws were well established. He recommended 
that a new district be formed, to consist of Wildey, No. 21, Nor- 
way, and Aurora, No. 23, South Paris. He had granted permiss- 
ion for Encampments to appear in uniform, although some are not 
strictly regulation. 

He announced the death of Mark Prime, Past Grand Patriarch, 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 329 

which occured at Saco, March 15th, 1876. He spoke of him as 
" a true Odd Fellow, who believed in living up to the principles of 
the Order, which he did until his death." 

The Grand Scribe, in his report, stated that he had received a 
duplicate charter for the Grand Encampment, in place of the one 
destroyed by fire. 

The Finance committee in their report, recommended that the 
Grand Scribe be authorized to procure a suitable frame for the 
charter of this Grand Encampment. Adopted. 

Officers were elected and installed as follows : 

Joshua Davis, Grand Patriarch ; Charles H. French, Grand 
High Priest ; George S. Hall, Grand Senior Warden ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; 
Enos C. Chamberlain, Grand Junior Warden ; Warren E. Pressey, 
was elected Grand Representative. 

Charters were granted to Jephthah Encampment, No. 3 ; Somer- 
set, No. 22 ; Aurora, No. 23 ; and Golden Gate, No. 24. 

A petition was received, signed by officers and members of Col- 
by Encampment, No. 18, asking to have the name changed to Par- 
menas Encampment, No. 18. The petition was referred to the 
committee on Petitions, on whose report, the change was ordered 
to be made. 

The committee on the State of the Order, in their report, rec- 
ommended that permission to appear in public in street uniform be 
given only to such Encampments as comply strictly with the regu- 
lations as adopted by the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

Adopted. 

The Grand Patriarch announced the following appointments, 
which were confirmed : 

Albert F. Berry, Grand Marshal ; Freeman T. Merrill, Grand 
Sentinel ; James R. Foss, Deputy Grand Sentinel. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND PATRIARCHS. 

District, No. 1, Jacob S. Ford ; No. 2, Charles P. Rhodes ; No. 



330 HISTORY OF 

3, Joshua Davis, (ex-off. ;) No. 4, E. C. Chamberlain, (ex-off. ;) 
No. 5, George A. Drew ; No. 6, N. S. Morse ; No. 7, H. A. Little ; 
No.8, E. G. Merrill; No. 9, George S. Hall, (ex-off. ;) No. 10, 
R. D. Gilman. 

The matter of forming a new District, to be composed of Wildey, 
No. 21, and Aurora, No. 23, was left with the Grand Patriarch. 

W. H. Smith, P. G. P., of No. 2, offered the following resolu- 
tion, which was adopted : 

Resolved, That Encampments in this State have exclusive jurisdiction in the 
cities and towns where the same are located. In cities and towns where there are 
no Encampments, they shall have concurrent jurisdiction. 

J. N. Read, P. G. P. of No. 2, moved that N. G. Cummings, 
P. G. P., of No. 1, be appointed State Annalist. 
The motion was adopted. 
The Grand Encampment adjourned. 

CONDITION OP THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH OF THE ORDER. 

For the year ending June 30, 1876: 

Number of Encampments, 22 ; initiations, 407 ; admitted by card, 42 ; 
reinstated, 2 ; rejected, 10 ; withdrawn by card, 30 ; suspended, 19 ; ex- 
pelled, 5 ; deaths, 15 ; number of members, 2,430. 

For the fiscal and statistical year, ending December 31, 1875 : 

Number of Patriarchs relieved, 122 ; buried, 16 ; weeks sickness for 
which benefits were paid, 1094 ; amount paid for relief of Patriarchs, $4,- 
259.00; burying the dead, $265.00 ; current expenses, separate from bene- 
fits and charities, $3,643.00; amount of receipts, $13,852,15; invested 
funds, $26,932,90. 









LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICEES 

OF THE 

GKAND ENCAMPMENT OF MAINE 

SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1845. 



1845. 

Theophilus C. Hersey, Grand Patriarch; James Pratt, Grand High Priest; 
Nath'i F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Edward Wheeler, Jr., Grand Treasurer. 

1846. 

Allen Haines, Grand Patriarch ; Edward Fenno, Grand High Priest ; Nath'i 
F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; William R. 
Smith, Grand Representative. 

1847. 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Patriarch ; Elisha Clarke, Grand High Priest ; 
Nathaniel F. Deering, Grand Scribe; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer; F. 
P. Theobold, Grand Representative. 

1848. 

Edward P. Banks, Grand Patriarch ; Oliver S. Beale, Grand High Priest ; 
Nath'i F. Deering, Grand Scribe ; Benj. C. Fernald, Grand Treasurer ; F. P. 
Theobold, Grand Representative. 

1849. 

Oliver S. Beale, Grand Patriarch ; John H. Williams, Grand High Priest ; 
Nath'i F. Deering, Grand Scribe; Franklin C. Moody, Grand Treasurer; F. P. 
Theobold, Grand Representative. 

1850. 

Nathan Emerson, Grand Patriarch; , Grand High Priest ; 

331 



332 HISTOKY OF 

Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Franklin C. Moody, Grand Treasurer ; John 
H. Williams, Grand Representative. 

1851. 

John H. Williams, Grand Patriarch ; Michael Gilligan, Grand High Priest ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer; John 
H. Williams, Grand Representative. 

1852. 

Nath'l F. Deering, Grand Patriarch ; Joseph P. Adams, Grand High Priest ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe; Cyrus Cummings, Grand Treasurer; Jo- 
seph Burton, Grand Representative. 

1853. 

Cyrus Cummings, Grand Patriarch ; Russell Lamson, Grand High Priest ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Micah Sampson, Grand Treasurer ; Joseph 
Burton, Grand Representative. 

1854. 

Seth E. Benson, Grand Patriarch ; George W. Nichols, Grand High Priest ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Micah Sampson, Grand Treasurer ; Nath'l 
F. Deering, Grand Representative. 

1855. 

S. B. Straw, Grand Patriarch ; S. J. Lord, Grand High Priest ; Benj. Kings- 
bury, Jr., Grand Scribe; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer; Nath'l F. 
Deering, Grand Representative. 

1856. 

J. P. Adams, Grand Patriarch ; Benj. C. Fernald, Grand High Priest ; Benj, 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; J. P. 
Adams, Grand Representative. 

1857. 

Edward P. Burnham, Grand Patriarch ; Nath'l I. Mitchell, Grand High Priest ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer; 
Otis Kaler, Grand Representative. 

1858. 

Edward P. Banks, Grand Patriarch ; Daniel L. Mitchell, Grand High Priest ; 
Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; 
Daniel L. Choate, Grand Representative. 

1859. 

Mark Prime, Grand Patriarch ; Wm. E. Kimball, Grand High Priest ; Benj. 
Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Scribe ; Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., Grand Treasurer ; Daniel 
L. Choate, Grand Representative. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN MAINE. 333 

1860. 

Edward P. Gerrish, Grand Patriarch ; Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand High Priest ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Charles 
Nutter, Grand Representative. 

1861. 

Wm. C. Beckett, Grand Patriarch ; Rufus Stanley, Grand High Priest ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Charles Nutter, 
Grand Representative. 

1862. 

Wm. C. Beckett, Grand Patriarch; Rufus Stanley, Grand High Priest; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ira C. Doe, 
Grand Representative. 

1863. 

Rufus Stanley, Grand Patriarch ; N. G. Cummings, Grand High Priest ; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ira C. Doe, 
Grand Representative. 

1864. 

N. G. Cummings, Grand Patriarch; B. C. Fernald, Grand High Priest; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer; Ira C. Doe, 
Grand Representative. 

1865. 

Cyrus K. Ladd, Grand Patriarch ; James N. Read, Grand High Priest ; Ed- 
ward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Ira G. Doe, 
Grand Representative. 

1866. 

James N. Read, Grand Patriarch ; N. H. Colton, Grand High Priest ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; Edward P. Banks, 
Grand Representative. 

1867. 

James N. Read, Grand Patriarch ; N. H. Colton, Grand High Priest ; Edward 
P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Edward P. Banks, Grand Treasurer ; William C. 
Beckett, Grand Representative. 

1868. 

James E. Haseltine, Grand Patriarch ; A. N. Yeaton, Grand High Priest ; 
Edward P. Banks, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Representative. 

1869. 

J. W. Sargent, Grand Patriarch ; A. C. £ray; Grand High Priest ; N. -G. Cum- 



334 HISTORY OP 

mings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; t N. G. Cummings, 
Grand Representative. 

1870. 

Wm. H. Smith, Grand Patriarch; John B. Nealley, Grand High Priest ; N. 
G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Orin B. 
Whitten, Grand Representative. 

1871. 

Phineas Batchelder, Grand Patriarch ; Jerome Garland, Grand High Priest ; 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Orin B. 
Whitten, Grand Representative. 

1872. 

Charles H. Rich, Grand Patriarch ; Warren E. Pressey, Grand High Priest ; 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Orin B. 
Whitten, Grand Representative. 

1873. 

Warren E. Pressey, Grand Patriarch ; J. H. Knox, Grand High Priest ; N. G. 
Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Charles H. Rich 
and James N. Read, Grand Representatives. 

1874. 

Augustine D. Smith, Grand Patriarch ; Nath'l S. Morse, Grand High Priest ; 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; James N. 
Read, and Charles H. Rich, Grand Representatives. 

1875. 

O. G. Douglass, Grand Patriarch ; Charles H. French, Grand High Priest ; 
N. G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; Charles 
H. Rich and William H. Smith, Grand Representatives. 

1876. 

Joshua Davis, Grand Patriarch ; Charles H. French, Grand High Priest ; N. 
G. Cummings, Grand Scribe ; Charles B. Nash, Grand Treasurer ; William H. 
Smith and Warren E. Pressey, Grand Representatives. 






INDEX 






INDEX 



TO 



PROCEEDINGS OF GRAND LODGE. 

[See Index Proceedings of Grand Encampment.] 



Page. 

Absence of N. G. the V. G. should perform all his duties, 99 

Abou Ben Adhem Lodge, No. 25, Instituted, 51 

Chartered, 238 

Acadia Lodge, No. 25, Instituted, 23— 74 

Censured for continuing to use the old work,. . . . 94 

Expelled, 24 — 100 

Certain members of, entitled to Certificates on cer- 
tain terms, 100 

Adams Lodge, No. 52, Instituted, 35—96 

Chartered, 99 

Charter surrendered, 150 

Address to the Chair, a brother temporarily leaving the Lodge room, 

should make on his return, 190 

Adelphian Lodge, No. 42, Instituted, 31 

Chartered, 93 

Inquiries of and action thereon, 132 

Charter surrendered, 140 

Advisory Board established, 101 

Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, Instituted, 10 

Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24, Instituted, 22 — 74 

Chartered, 75 

Annual Term of Grand Lodge to commence on the first Thursday in August, 58 

Appeal of L. D. Mason, from action Maine Lodge, No. 1, 82 

Report and action thereon, 85 

of Francis Davis, from Action of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, 86 

Report and action thereon, S6 — 102 



338 INDEX. 

Page. 

Appeal of F. W. Moores, from action Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, 73 

Report and action thereon, ... 74 

of I. Snell, Jr., from action of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, 102 

Report and action thereon, 102 

certified copy of Records must accompany, 253 

to G. L. U. S., must be printed in pamphlet form, 148 

of Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, to G. L. U. S., 77 

of Charles H. DeWolf from action of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27,. 102 

Report and action thereon, 102 

of David Norton, from action of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, 117 

Report and action thereon, 117 

of Wm. Q. Wheeler, from action of Franklin Lodge, No. 58,. . . . 117 

Report and action thereon, 122 

of James Low, from action of Saccarappa Lodge, No- II, 117 

Report and action thereon, 122 

of Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, from decision of G. Master,. 126 

i Report and action thereon,.. . 127 

of E. P. Banks, from action of G. L. to G. L. U. S., 128 

of David Norton, from action of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, 170 

Report and action thereon, 171 

of M. S. Marshall, from action of Man. and Mechs. Lodge, No. 62, . . 173 

Report and action thereon, 173 

of Henry F. Sands, from action of Maine Lodge, No. 1, 177 

Report and action thereon, 178 

of S. S. Rich, from action of Anc't Brothers Lodge, No. 4, 177 

Report and action thereon, 178 

of Man. and Mechs. Lodge, No. 62, case of M. S. Marshall, 178 

Report and action thereon,. 178 

of Joseph L. Ricker, from action of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28, 188 

Report and action thereon, 188 

of Wm. H. Purinton, from action of Maine Lodge, No. 1, 188 

Report and action thereon, 188 

of John Cobby, from action of Mousam Lodge, No. 26, 197 

Report and action thereon, 197 

of S. T. Archer, from action of Oriental Lodge, No. 60, 205 

Report and action thereon, 205 

of Russell C. Plummer, from action of Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, 229 

Report and action thereon, 229 

of Geo. H. G. Palmer, from action of Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34, 239 

Report and action thereon, 239 

of James M. Moshier, from action of Franklin Lodge, No. 58, . . . 239 

Report and action thereon, 239 

of Wm. K. Neal, from action of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, 239 

Report and action thereon, 239 

of Wm. K. Neal, from action of Ligonia Lodge, No. 5, 248 

Report and action thereon, 255 



INDEX. 339 

Page 

Appeal of A. E. Chase, from action of Beacon Lodge, No. 67, 248 

Report and action thereon, 253 

of Ivory Brooks, from action of Friendship Lodge, No. 69, 253 

Report and action thereon, 253 

of Anthony B. Crockett, from action of Norway Lodge, No. 16,.. 253 

Report and action thereon, 253 

of David Norton, from action of Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, 205 

Report and action thereon, 205 

Aurora Lodge, No. 10, D. of R., instituted, 56 — 248 

Chartered, 259 

Arambec Lodge, No. 71, instituted, 43 — 220 

Chartered, 220 

Arrears, in the absence of any by-law to the contrary a member is in 

arrears at the close of the quarter, no 

a member who is in good standing at the time of sickness can- 
not become in arrears during that sickness, in 

Astoria Lodge, No. 38, instituted, 29 

Chartered, 169 

Asylum Lodge, No. 70, instituted, 53 

Chartered, 220 

Ballot Box shall be inspected by R. and L. supporters, 241 

to be placed in centre of the room, , 217 

Beacon Lodge, No, 67, instituted, 41 — 210 

Chartered, 211 

Belfast Lodge, No. 41, instituted, 53 

Chartered, 238 

Benefits, brothers not entitled to after clearance card has been applied 

for and voted, 84 

the G. M. and his advisory board directed to inquire into the 

expediency of Sub. Lodges, reducing their benefits, 104 

Report of the visiting committee not conclusive, no 

a sick brother cannot be deprived of, for first week's sickness, 116 

must be something more than nominal, 120 

uniform system of, impracticable, 122 

a Lodge is not bound to pay if the member is not in good stand- 
ing, -• 129 

amount of, left to Subordinates, 129 

a matter for the decision of each Lodge as to how much brothers 

are entitled to receive, 134 

a Lodge is holden to pay funeral benefits where the brother is lost 

at sea, 134 

withholding the first week's, report and action on, 148 

a member able to superintend business not entitled to, 149 

Subordinate Lodges requested to examine into their system of 

dues and benefits, 174 

a member entitled to, although he may have an income sufficient 

for his support, 242 



340 INDEX. 

Page, 

Benefits should not be paid to executor or administrator, 244 

not legal to restrict payment of to a given number of weeks, 250 

By-laws .of Maine Lodge and Samaritan Lodge in regard to, not 

approved, 254 

Canal Lodge, No. 48, instituted, 33 — 96 

Chartered, 93 

Charter surrendered, 34 

Cards, visiting, conclusive evidence of brothers in good standing, 134 

a Secretary has no right to withhold a card which has been 

granted, '. 137 

to be signed in presence of the officer who communicates 

the P. W., 152 

Grand Secretary prohibited from delivering to any person 

excepting on written order of Secretary of Lodge under seal, 170 
the holder required to have the A. T. P. W. in use at the 

time of date of the card, 186 — 194 

stating the rank of a brother not conclusive, 187 

duplicate cannot be issued without evidence that the 

original has been lost, 192 

intended to be used beyond the State, 194 

holder of, entitled to receive the term P. W. from any N. 

G., in his own jurisdiction, 195 

a ballot not necessary in granting, 244 

Cards, withdrawal, a duplicate may be obtained if the card has been lost, 137 
a Lodge has no right to mutilate a card by writing " re- 
jected " thereon, 137 

holder of, entitled to the A. T. P. W., 152 

granted only by ball ballot, 181 — 202 

severs connection with the Order, 152 

holder retains the right to prefer charges during the 

year, 152 

may be received on deposit for application for charter 

for a new Lodge, . , 182 — 208 

Cards, State, action of G. L. in relation thereto, 88 — 94 

the holder entitled to the same privileges as the holder of a 

withdrawal card, , . . 197 

price of, one dollar each, 205 

the holder entitled to the A. T. P. W., 213 

Carrabasset Lodge, No. 34, instituted, 27 

Chartered, 83 

Charter surrendered, 28 — 150 

Re-organized, 28 — 166 

$200 paid to, expense of law suit, 220 

Carratunk Lodge, No. 49, instituted, 34 — 96 

Chartered, 99 

Charter surrendered, 34— 150 



INDEX. 341 

Page. 

Celebration of 31st Anniversary, 223 — 236 

Central Lodge, No. 45, instituted, 32 

Chartered, 93 

Charter surrendered, 149 

Certificate of grade to enable a member to join an Encampment, 198 

Charges, a brother preferring cannot be on trial committee, 159 

a brother against whom charges have been preferred can take 

part in Lodge meeting, 159 

improper to bring after a brother's death, 160 

Charity Lodge, No. 9, D. of R., instituted, 56 — 248 

Chartered 254 

Charter for G. Lodge, inexpedient to apply to legislature for, 85 

Chili, Grand Lodge of, communication from, 250 

Committee of finance, report of in relation to indebtedness to G. L. U. 

S. and action thereon, 131 

ommittees special, in all cases not provided for the N. G. appoints, .. . in 

Constitution of Grand Lodge adopted, 63 

amendments should be forwarded to G. L. U. S. for approval, 98 

revised and adopted, 230 

Constitution of Subordinate Lodges adopted, 64 

committee appointed to revise, 241 

Constitution for R. D. Lodges, 230 — 252 

Counsel, an accused brother has the right to have, 204 

Credentials required to be presented by representatives before taking 

their seats, 60 

committee on, to be present thirty minutes before opening of 

G. L ; 247 

Crescent Lodge, No. 25, instituted, 48 

Chartered, 229 

Cumberland Lodge, No. 30, instituted, 26 

Chartered, 79 

Cushnoc Lodge, No. 14, instituted, , 18 

Chartered, 18 

Charter surrendered, 124 

Damariscotta Lodge, No. 32, instituted, 27 

Chartered, 80 

ceased work, 27 

Deaths, Rufus Read, 107, Resolutions adopted, 115 

Charles C. Harmon, 151, " " 151 

Cyrus Cummings, 159, " " 161 

William Bailey, 159, " " 161 

Thomas Wildey, 165, " " 168 

(Stephen Waite, 171, " « 171 

John Hutchins, 171, " " 171 

George W. Nichols, 175, " " 177 

George T. Hedge, 179, " " 179 



342 INDEX. 

Page. 

Deaths, Andrew T. Dole, 183, Resolutions adopted, 183 

Charles Holden, 240, " 240 

Job M. Cook, 240, " " 240 

John H. Williams, 240, " " 240 

Defunct Lodges, appropriation for revival of 221 — 230 — 236 

member of, who has been suspended for non-payment 

of dues may be reinstated, 221 

Degree Lodges authorized, 55 

permitted to surrender their charters, 55 

of the Daughters of Rebekah authorized, 196 

the N. G. of should be a P. G. in good standing, 226 

returns and dues required of, 229 

Degrees, in balloting for, three black balls reject, 116 

must be balloted for in the degree applied for, 149 

a brother can obtain from another Lodge, 190 

the Lodge to which the brother belongs, entitled to the fees,... . 190 
certificate to receive away from the Lodge can only be granted 

by the Lodge at a regular session 194 

Degree of Rebekah, officers of all Lodges to be in possession of,. 137 — 214 — 216 
can be conferred on a scarlet degree member in 

another jurisdiction, 226 

Digest committee appointed to prepare, 250 — 256 

Dirigo Lodge, No. 63, instituted, 39 

chartered, 197 

Dismissal certificate, a brother entitled to on application, 181 — 207 

holders of may be applicants for charter for new 

Lodges, 208 

may be received on deposit in any Lodge, 226 

Dispensations granted one at a time, 235 

Districts, 69, 79, 85, 87, 97, 151, 237, 238 

District Deputy Grand Masters. No P. G. shall be appointed unless 

he be a member of the G. Lodge, 138 

entitled to the honors when visiting for 
the purpose of installing officers 

elect, 203 

traveling expenses to be paid, 212 

Eagle Lodge, No. 47, instituted, 50 

chartered, 238 

Eastern Star Lodge, No, 40, instituted, 30 

chartered 8^ 

charter surrendered, 30 — 140 

Echo Lodge, No. 52, instituted 54 — 247 

chartered, 253 

Education of orphan children pressed upon the attention of 

Subordinates 94 

Emblems, misuse of, 208 



INDEX. 343 

Page. 

Esther Lodge, No. 3, D. of R., chartered, 201 

Evangeline Lodge, No. 7, D. of R., instituted, 56 

chartered, 239 

Expulsion, other Lodges to be notified, no— 112 

a member who has left the State may be expelled or 

suspended, in 

a member cannot be expelled for non-payment of dues,. . . . .112 — 197 
a member proposing to divide the funds shall be expelled, ... 157 

Fairfield Lodge, No. 68, instituted, 42—210 

chartered, 211 

Felix Lodge, No. 59, instituted, 38 

chartered, 123 

charter surrendered, 38 — 156 

Fidelity Lodge, No. 4, D. of R., chartered, 201 — 220 

Franklin Lodge, No. 58, instituted, 37 

chartered, 113 

charter surrendered, 37 

re-organized, 37 — 217 

Friendship Lodge, No. 69, instituted, 42 — 210 

chartered, 211 

Frontier Lodge, No. 50, instituted, 34 — 96 

chartered, 99 

charter surrendered, 34 — 150 

Fryeburg Lodge, No. 49, instituted, 52 

chartered, 238 

Funeral regalia left to State Grand Lodges, 114 

Gardiner Lodge, No. 9, instituted, 46 

chartered, 228 

Gaugus Lodge, No, 54, instituted, 35 

chartered, 113 

charter surrendered, 36 

Georgian Lodge, No. 3, instituted, 9 

charter surrendered, 10 

Golden Rule Lodge, No. y^, instituted,. 44 

chartered, 228 

Good Cheer Lodge, No. yj, instituted, 48 

chartered 238 

Grand Instructor appointed, 218 

Grand Lodge organized, 57 

degree should only be conferred in the Grand Lodge 

room, or in a room contiguous thereto 98 

shall consist of all the Past Grands in the jurisdiction 99 

to furnish two sets of regalia and jewels for G. 

Representatives, 1 iS 

notes given to G. L. U. S. to settle indebtedness, 137 

time of meeting changed to August, 144 



344 INDEX. 

Page. 

Grand Lodge members required to be clothed in suitable regalia, ...... . 174 

has no right to grant more than one ballot and one 

re-consideration of the same, 191 

Officers regalia and jewels purchased, 201 

has no right to appoint a committee to try a member 

of a Subordinate Lodge, 207 

may regulate the number of extinct Subordinates 223 

Grand Master, instructions of in the secret work are to be followed 

during the recess of the G. L., 181 

visiting as such should wear the regalia and jewels, 

of his office, 202 

empowered to pay expense of reviving defunct Lodges,. .205 — 11 
expense of, incurred in discharge of official duty to 

be paid, 206 

and his Deputies ineligible for office in Subordinate 

Lodges 212 

requested not to grant new numbers to Lodges 

until all defunct numbers are used, 229 

and G. Sec'y empowered to pay the State Annalist 
such sum for his services as they may deem 

proper, 230 

cannot grant an appeal during recess, 243 

Grand Officers, list of, 259 

Grand Representatives instructed to vote in favor of reducing tax, ...... 188 

instructed to vote against abolishing the Degree 

of Rebekah, 188 

instructed to urge the restoration of the apron, ... 196 

instructed to furnish their report in October, 197 

instructed to oppose extension of terms in Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, 221 

Grand Secretary, authorized to hire $100 for G. L. for one year,. 59 

directed to furnish one copy of Digest to each Sub- 
ordinate Lodge in the jurisdiction, 100 

authorized to sell the iron safe, 138 

and G. Treas., a committee to procure Grand Officers 

regalia and jewels, 196 

instructed to furnish Laconia Lodge, No. 44, with 

books free of charge, 211 

to prepare a list of P. G's. whose credentials have 

been forwarded to him, 247 

Grand Treasurer directed to invest in city of Portland Bonds, 241 

Granite Lodge, No. 14, instituted, • • 45 

Chartered, = . • 228 

Harrison Lodge, No. 20, instituted, 21—74 

Chartered, 75 

Charter surrendered, 21 — 156 



INDEX. 345 

Pago. 

Highland Lodge, No. 48, instituted, 50 

Chartered, 238 

History, committee appointed to prepare, 219 

Hobomok Lodge, No. 16, instituted, 19— 74 

Chartered, 70 

refusal of to pay special assessment to G. Lodge, 121 

suspended, 121 

expelled, 128 

Holy Bible, should be present in every Lodge, 245 

Honors, are given to elective and P. G. Officers visiting outside their 

own jurisdiction, 207 

Howard Lodge, No. 33, instituted « 27 

Chartered, 82 

ceased work, 27 

Charter surrendered, 154 

Installations, public authorized, 157 

should not be postponed except for urgent reasons, 109 — 112 

Ivy Lodge, No. 3, D. of R., instituted 56 

Chartered, 21 1 — 220 

number changed to 5, 55 

Jewels for appointed officers, 216 

Judith Lodge, No. 6, D. of R., instituted, 56 

Julian Lodge, No. 12, D. of R. instituted, 56 — 248 

Chartered, 254 

Jurisdiction, an applicant must go to the nearest Lodge in point of 

convenience, . - 250 

Katahdin Lodge, No. 29, instituted, 25 

Chartered, 79 

Charter surrendered, 25 — 150 

Kennebec Lodge, No. 37, instituted, 29 

Chartered 83 

ceased work, 29 

expelled, 123 

Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 12, instituted, 16 

Chartered 71 

Charter surrendered, 154 

Kezar Valley Lodge, No. 66, instituted, 41 — 210 

Chartered, 211 

Kineo Lodge, No. 64, instituted, 39—200 

Chartered, 201 

Knox Lodge, No. 29, instituted, 53 

Chartered, 238 

Laconia Lodge, No. 44, instituted 32 

Chartered, 93 

Lafayette Lodge, No. 31, instituted, 26 

Chartered, 77 



346 INDEX. 

Page. 

Lafayette Lodge, No. 31, Charter surrendered, 26 — 125 

Lemon Stream Lodge, No. 55, instituted, 55 

Chartered, 113 

Libraries recommended to be established by Subordinates 88 

Ligonia Lodge, No. 5/Jnstituted, 11 

Lincoln Lodge, No. 10, instituted, 14 

Chartered, 71 

ceased work, 15 

re-organized, 15 — 175 

Maine Lodge, No. 1, instituted, 5 

Petition for division of, 73 

report,' and action thereon, 75 — 80 

Man. and Mech's Lodge, No. 62, instituted, 39 

Chartered, 138 

Mariners Lodge, No. 53, instituted, 51 

Chartered, ' 239 

Mattanawcook Lodge, No. 41, instituted, 31 

Chartered, - 88 

Charter surrendered, 31 — 150 

Medomak Lodge, No. 22, instituted, 22 — 74 

ceased work, 22 

Membership, applicant for, must be free from all disease that would prevent 

his gaining a livelihood, 133 

eligibility to, of persons who have lost a limb, left to the 

disposal of Subordinate Lodges, 226 

applicants for, should apply to nearest Lodge, 235 

Monami Lodge, No. 40, instituted, • 49 

Chartered, 238 

Mount Abram Lodge, No. 31, instituted, 45 

Chartered, 228 

Mount Mica Lodge, No. 17, instituted, 47 

chartered, 228 

Mousam Lodge, No. 26, instituted, 24 

chartered,. 79 

Myrtle Lodge, No. 1 1, D. of R., instituted, 56 — 248 

chartered 254 

Naomi Lodge, No. 1, D. of R. , instituted, . . 55 

Narramisic Lodge, No. 36, instituted, 28 

chartered, 83 

charter surrendered, 29 — 163 

Natahnis Lodge, No. 9, instituted, 14 

ceased work, 14 

charter surrendered, 18 

Noble Grand, in certain cases, any scarlet degree member may be elected 

N. G. or V. G 184 

not a P. G. until he takes the chair of P. G., 185 



INDEX. 347 

Page. 

Noble Grand has the right to vote on a proposition for membership, .... 226 

should in taking a vote, call for those opposed, 234 

i shall pass the ballot box to his R. & L. Supporters for 

inspection, 241 

' must preside in his Lodge, 152 

Nominations apply to regular semi-annual elections, and not to filling 

vacancies, 167 

Non-beneficial members, provision for admission of, 179 — 203 

Norembequa Lodge, No. 43, instituted, 31 

chartered, 93 

ceased work 31 — 140 

North Anson Lodge, No. 51, instituted, 34 — 96 

chartered, 99 

charter surrendered, 34 — 150 

Norway Lodge, No. 16, instituted, 47 

chartered, 228 

Obligation, no brother can administer one which he himself has not taken 99 

Ockonostota Lodge, No. 57, instituted, 37 

chartered, 113 

charter surrendered, 37 — 150 

Office for Grand Secretary and Treasurer, 252 

Olive Branch Lodge, No. 28, instituted 25 

chartered, 79 

Oriental Lodge, No. 60, instituted, 38 

chartered, 129 

removed from Dixmont to Bangor, 157 

Orono Lodge, No. 18, instituted 20 — 74 

chartered, 75 

ceased work, 20 — 156 

Orphan Asylum, report of committee and action thereon, 78 — 85 

Oxford Lodge, No. 61, instituted 51 

chartered, 238 

Passagassawakeag Lodge, No. 1 5, instituted, 18 

chartered, . , 71 

charter surrendered, 19 — 154 

Passamaquoddy Lodge, No. 19, instituted, 20 — 74 

charter reclaimed, 20 — 150 

Pass-word, A. T. a necessary qualification for membership by deposit 

of card, 170 

a brother wishing to re-enter a Lodge the same evening 

may use the V. G.'s P. W., 207 

a brother not entitled to when not entitled to benefits on 

account of arrears, 226 

Past Grand, cannot be admitted to G. L., unless he is in good standing 

in his Lodge, 109 

who has been appointed by a D. D. G. M., to install officers 

not entitled to the Grand Honors, 231 



348 INDEX. 

Page, 

Past Grand a N. G. never becomes a P. G., until installed, 232 

charge can only be given by a P. G. or N. G., 225 

Pejepscot Lodge, No. 13, instituted, 17 

chartered, 71 

ceased work, 17 — 190 

charter surrendered, 193 

re-organized 246 

charter fee refunded, 253 

Penalty, if a member acknowledges his guilt may be imposed without trial, no 

Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, instituted, 13 

Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, instituted, 33 — 96 

chartered, 93 

Plymouth Lodge, No. 65, instituted, 40 — 204 

chartered, 205 

Proceedings of Grand Lodge, a volume ordered to be printed, 104 — 108 

1000 copies published, 113 

Subordinates to be taxed to pay for, \ 116 

report of committee on reprinting, and 

action thereon, 252 

Public Installation must be conducted by a Grand Officer, or a D. D. 

Grand Master, 226 

Rank, the title to be placed after the name, 195 

refers to the highest grade or title attained, '. 207 

Ray of Hope Lodge, No. 8, D. of R., instituted, 56 — 248 

chartered, 254 

Recommendation, letter of not to be granted where three black balls are 

thrown against, 85 

Re-consideration of a ballot inadmissible, 149 

Records and accounts of G. L. destroyed by fire, 140 

Regalia to be used in public only upon extraordinary occasions, 86 

Re-instatement, a motion for should lay over one week, no 

a motion to reconsider cannot be entertained, no 

the whole amount accruing before and after suspension 

should be paid, 137 

the matter of left to the discretion of Subordinates, .... 228 
the law of the G. L. U. S. of 1870, repeals all former 

laws on the subject, 256 

Relief Lodge, No. 8, instituted,. 13 

ceased work, 14 — 175 

Representatives to G. L. vote granting compensation to, repealed, 121 

Riverside Lodge, No. 72, instituted, 44 

chartered, 220 

Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, instituted, 12 

resolves in relation to percentage, 61 

report and action thereon, 65 — 70 

expelled, 12—188 



INDEX. 349 

Page, 

Sabattis Lodge, No. 6, vote of expulsion rescinded and the Lodge declared 

defunct, 12 — 219 

Sabattis River Lodge, No. 21, instituted, 46 

chartered, 228 

Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, instituted, 15 

chartered, 71 

ceased work, 16 

charter declared forfeited, 179 

re-organized, 16 — 180 

Saco Lodge, No. 2, instituted 8 

action of, in relation to resolves of Sabattis Lodge, 

No. 6, 62 

Saco Lodge, No. 2, D. of R., instituted,. .' 55 

chartered, 200 

Saco Valley Lodge, No. 43, instituted, 52 

chartered, 238 

Samaritan Lodge, No. 39, instituted, 30 

chartered, 83 

charter surrendered, 30 — 143 

charter restored, 228 

Sandy River Lodge, No. 61, instituted 38 

chartered, 129 

charter surrendered, 38 — 143 

Schoodiac Lodge, No. 23, instituted, , 22 — 74 

chartered, 75 

charter surrendered, 22 — 150 

Seal for Grand Lodge, adopted, 67 

Seals of Subordinate Lodges to be used on official documents only, . 70 — 194 — 257 
must be printed or impressed upon the paper, 155 
Secretary of Sub. Lodges to prepare two certificates for those entitled to 

seats in G. Lodge, 247 

should notify Encampments of suspension or 

expulsion of Encampment members,.... n4 

Semi-monthly meetings, action thereon, 250 — 255 

Social Friends Lodge, No. 53, instituted, , 35 — 96 

chartered, 99 

charter surrendered, 35 — 140 — 150 

Somerset and Franklin Lodge, No. 21, instituted, 21 — 74 

chartered, 75 

permission to remove from Mercer to Norridgewock, 82 

charter surrendered, 21 — 140 

Star of Hope Lodge, No. 42, instituted, 49 

chartered, 238 

State Annalist, Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., appointed, 22S 

special committee appointed to assist, 239 



350 INDEX. 

Page. 

State Annalist, relieved from further duties, 253 

N. G. Cummings, appointed, 253 

Subordinate Lodge, allowed to refund money to any Sub. Lodge branching 

from it 70 

allowed to exchange charter received from G .L. U. S., 71 
required to conform to regulations in regard to books, 

diplomas, odes, &c, 94 

cannot approach G. L. U. S., except by appeal through 

the Grand Lodge, 98 

members who have not received the degree applied 
for, not allowed to vote on application for 

degrees,. 99 

recommended to obtain lectures, 100 

irregular to allow members to sign constitution and 

by-laws by proxy, 103 

injudicious to seek to incorporate, 105 

has the right to open its halls for public installations,. no — 112 
inexpedient to allow to become moveable bodies, .... 132 
I cannot grant leave of absence to its N G. without a 

forfeiture of the honors of his office, 137 

has no right to adjourn, but must close in due form, 137 
has no right to initiate a person who has been sus- 
pended in another Lodge for non-payment of 

dues, 134 

the N. G. must preside in his Lodge, 152 

member may be expelled for non payment of dues,. . 154 

may visit another Lodge in a body, 157 

prohibited from paying officers,except O. G., R. S. & P. S. 160 

authorized to vote money in charity, 166 

directed to take measures to have the charges in the 

ritual delivered from memory, 171 

may go through its regular business, close, and then 

open and confer degrees, 181 

shall vote by ballot upon all applications for final cards, 181 
has the power of determining whether a proposition 
for membership may be withdrawn before the 

committee report 185 

must ballot in all cases of applications for membership 184 
must open in the degree applied for in order to ballot 

for the degree, 185 

it is the duty to confer the degrees on a brother pre- 
senting a proper certificate, 190 

cannot entertain a proposition from a person who has 

been elected in another Lodge, 192 

donations to other Lodges allowable, 195 






INDEX. 351 

Page. 

Subordinate Lodge, is the proper tribunal to try cases of delinquency,.. . 206 
has a right to appoint a committee to receive books 

and papers belonging to it, 212 

not compelled to give a brother degrees, 213 

should proceed to ballot immediately after the report 

of the investigating committee is received, 226 

cannot entertain a proposition for membership from a 
person who has been rejected in another Lodge 

within three months, 237 

may donate its funds for any purpose within the scope 

of the Order 242 

a member cannot be kept out of his Lodge while the 
minutes of the preceding meeting are being 

read, 242 

cannot conduct the services at the funeral of an An- 
cient Odd Fellow, 257 

has the right to appropriate funds for Lodge libraries, 257 

Suicide of a member does not debar a widow from receiving benefits, .... 149 

Suspension, a member under, has no right to a discharge from his Lodge, in 

commences with the first action of the Lodge, 116 

works no suspension from arrears, 137 

cuts off a brother from all benefits, 152 

a brother cannot be suspended for non-payment of dues while 

the Lodge is owing him, 156 

manner of regaining membership if the Lodge is defunct,. . 165 

for cause, cannot be indefinite, 199 

the law of 1870, G. L. U. S. repeals all former laws on the 

subject, 256 

Tarratine Lodge, No. 27, instituted, 24 

chartered, 79 

Term of Subordinates changed from quarterly to semi-annually, 99 

Term pass-word to be issued semi-annually, 192 

Trial, a member must be tried in the Lodge of which he is a member, ex- 
cept in certain cases, 194 

public, so far as the members of the Lodge are concerned, 204 — 231 

an accused brother to have copy of charges, 204 

Union Lodge, No. 35, instituted, 28 

chartered, S$ 

Union Degree Lodge, No. 1, instituted, 55 — 104 

charter surrendered, 109 

Union Degree Lodge, No. 2, instituted, 55 

charter surrendered, 109 

Vacancy during the year in representation to G. L. U. S. to be filled by 

the Grand Master, 71 

in the office of N. G. and V. G., in certain cases, a scarlet mem- 
ber may be elected by dispensation, 149 



352 INDEX. 

Page. 

Vesper Lodge, No. 47, instituted, .33 — 96 

chartered, 93 

charter surrendered, 33 

Vice Grand in the absence of the N. G. the V. G. should fulfill all his 

functions, 109 

should sign his name to cards as " Acting Noble Grand,". . . 109 
a brother not eligible to, who has held only the office of mem- 
ber of the visiting committee, 156 

Violations of law are violations of the principles of the Order, 112 — 113 

Visiting, a Lodge has the right to visit other Lodges in a body, 198 — 243 

Visitors must be received in open Lodge, 114 

Vote, rescinding of decided by a majority, 109 

a motion to re-consider a rescinding vote cannot be entertained,. . . 109 

a Lodge cannot reconsider a vote of re-instatement, no 

of election having been rescinded, the case is again before the Lodge, no 

every member present required to vote, 206 

the law requiring every member to vote does not apply to election 

of officers, 210 

of a Lodge refusing to affix a penalty is final, subject only to 

appeal, 213 

a majority only required to grant permission for another Lodge to 
initiate a candidate who resides within the jurisdiction of the 

Lodge granting permission, 236 

Voting in a Lodge is by the usual sign of an Odd Fellow, 198 

in a Degree Lodge, D. of R., should be by yes or no, , 202 

Warren Lodge, No. 56, instituted, 36 

chartered, 113 

charter surrendered, 36 — 150 

Washington Lodge, No. 17, instituted, 19 — 74 

chartered, 70 

ceased work, 20 

West Paris Lodge, No. 15, instituted 54 — 247 

chartered, 253 

Widow and orphan's fund, should be kept separate from the general fund, 189 

Work of the Order, 258 

Year, fiscal and statistical, changed to Jan. 1st, and Dec. 31st, 212 

York Lodge, No. — , D. of R., chartered, 229 



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[See Index to Grand Lodge Proceedings.] 



Page, 

Agamenticus No. 15, instituted, 272 

moved to Kennebunkport, 272 

changed its location to Kennebunk, 272 — 294 

charter surrendered, 272 — 297 

re-instated at South Berwick, 272 — 315 

Appeal of Joseph A. Homan, from action of Sagamore Encampment, No. 3, 289 

report and action thereon, 289 

of O. B.Whitten, to G. L. U. S., 327 

dismissed, 327 

Annalist, Benj. Kingsbury, Jr., appointed, 321 

relieved from further duties, 330 

N. G. Cummings, appointed, 330 

Aurora Encampment, No. 23, instituted, 277 — 329 

chartered, 329 

Alamoosic Encampment, No. 1 1, instituted, 270 — 288 

chartered, 288 

charter surrendered, 270 

Ballot, in certain cases an Encampment has no right to rescind 289 

cannot be set aside because one voted who was in arrears unless he 

threw the black ball, • 31 1 

Border Encampment, No. 8, instituted 269 

charter reclaimed, 269 

Card, State, authority for issue, 320 

withdrawal, a Patriarch having taken from the Lodge retains mem- 
bership in the Encampment for one year, 316 



354 INDEX. 

Churchill Encampment, No. 7, instituted, 268 

authorized to change its name, 283 

committee appointed to visit, 287 

charter surrendered, 269 — 288 

Cobbosseecontee Encampment, No. 9, instituted, 269 

charter surrendered, 269 — 295 

Colby Encampment, No. 18, instituted, 273 — ^11 

name changed to Parmenas, 273 — 329 

Constitution and by-laws of Grand Encampment, adopted, 280 

amended, 287 — 291 — 292 — 293 
revised and adopted, . 321 

Constitution for subordinate Encampments adopted, 281 

Cummings Encampment, No 16, instituted, 272 

chartered, 305 

Death, Cyrus Cummings, 297 

resolutions adopted, 298 

Nathaniel F. Deering, 316 

resolutions adopted, 317 

Mark Prime, 329 

resolutions adopted, 329 

Districts, 283 — 321 — 325 — 330 

Dirigo Encampment, No. 7, instituted,. ... 274 — 319 

chartered, 320 

Eastern Star Encampment, No. 2, instituted, 265 

efforts made to unite with Macbigonne, 265 
new charter issued in place of the one 

destroyed by fire, 303 

El Dorado Encampment, No. 20, instituted, 275 — 319 

chartered, 320 

Excelsior Encampment, No. 10, instituted, 270 

chartered 285 — 287 

charter reclaimed, 270 — 295 

Expulsion for non-payment of dues authorized, 293 

Financial Scribes authorized, 318 

Golden Gate Encampment, No. 24, instituted 277 — 329 

chartered, 329 

Grand Encampment organized, 278 

Grand Encampment, one regular session in May, 287 

time of annual session changed to July, 291 

" " August, 293 

no representative admitted without credentials 321 

no representative admitted from an Encampment 

that has not been chartered, 326 

duplicate charter received 329 

Grand Instructor authorized 304 — 305 

Grand Patriarch and Grand Scribe, a committee to hire money, 280 — 281 



TNDEX. 355 

Paga. 

Grand Scribe, directed to pay D. D. G. Sire's expenses of instituting the 

Grand Encampment, 280 

to cause 300 copies of proceedings to be published, 281 — 284 

and G. Treas., authorized to obtain a loan, 285 

Grand Representative instructed to try to obtain relief from liability to 

G. L. U.S., 292 

required to pay G. Representative tax, 294 — 295 

instructed to use efforts to have the apron restored, 310 
instructed to urge the acknowledgements of the 

rights of Past Grand High Priests, 317 

instructed to oppose mergement, 320 

Hobah Encampment, No. 5, instituted, 267 

Jephthah Encampment, No. 3, instituted, 276 — 329 

chartered, 329 

Jewels, officers required to wear, 308 

and collars, committee appointed to purchase, 308 

report and action thereon, 325 

Katahdin Encampment, No, 4, instituted, 266 

dues remitted, 300 

Machigonne Encampment, No. 1, instituted, , 263 

committee appointed to inquire into 
the expediency of uniting with 

Eastern Star Encampment, 264 

new charter issued in place of the one 

destroyed bv fire 303 

Membership, not effected bv withdrawal card from Lodge for one year,. . . 307 

manner of withdrawal of application, - 319 

Mt. Pleasant Encampment, No. 14, instituted, 271 

dues remitted, 300 

re-organized, 317 

Officers, appointed, position of, 313 

Past Grand, list of ... . 331 

Oldtown Encampment, No. 12, instituted, 270 — 288 

chartered 288 

Parmenas Encampment, No, 18, 329 

Past High Priests may wear same regalia as P. C. P's, 323 

Pejepscot Encampment, No. 8, instituted, 275 — 319 

chartered, 320 

Portland Encampment, No 19, instituted, 274 

Records of Grand Encampment destroyed by fire, 291 

Regalia for members of Grand Encampment, adopted, 281 

Subordinate Encampments, adopted, 307 

P. H. P's may wear regalia same as P. C. P's, 323 

Re-instatement of suspended members left with subordinates, 320 

Sagadahock Encampment, No. 6, instituted 267 

charter re-claimed, 268 — 295 



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Page. 

Sagadahock Encampment, No. 6, re-organized, 268 

duplicate charter issued to, 305 

Sagamore Encampment, No. 3, instituted, 266 

records destroyed by fire, 266 

charter surrendered, 266 

Sandy River Encampment, No. 9. instituted, 274 — 319 

chartered, 320 

Somerset Encampment, No. 22, instituted,, 276 — 329 

chartered, 329 

Subordinate Encampments required to pay expenses of D. D. G. Patriarchs, 284 

charter for, adopted, 285 

must pay benefits, 292 

required to pay an assessment of 20 cents 

per member, 299 

every member obliged to vote, 313 — 323 

not allowed to appear in uniform unless the 

same has been approved, 316 

a brother must apply to the nearest Encamp- 
ment 325—326—327 

not allowed to appear in public unless they 

strictly comply with the regulations, 329 
have exclusive jurisdiction where located,.. . 330 

Uniform, adopted, 315 — 322 

members allowed to wear fringe or not, 321 

none but R. P. members allowed to wear, 323 

Vacancy, in office of G. Rep., Grand officers empowered to fill, 283 

Wildey Encampment, No. 21, instituted, 276—325 

chartered, 325 

Worombus Encampment, No. 13, instituted, 271 — 288 

chartered, 288 

York Encampment, No. 17, instituted, 273 — 306 

chartered, 308 






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